The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-03-27

| leaflnB tie DaSln, ascending the river
this grand old geyscr, which stands senti
mel at the head Of the valley, gave then
a magnificent parting display. "Witl
little or no preliminary warming" write
DIR. Hayden, sit shot up column of wa
ter about six feet. in diameter to the high
Of 100 to 100 feet, and by succession o
impulses seemed to hold it up steadily fo
the space of fifteen minutes, the grea
mass of water falling directly back into
the basin, and flowing over the edges ant
down the sides in iurgc streams. Whc;
the action ceases, tho water. rccedcs be-
yond sight, aud nothing is heard but the
occasional escape of steam until fanothcl
exhibition occurs. This is zone of thu
most accommodating gcyscrs in the basin
and during our stay played once an hour
quite regularly" y 80 a. +.
Just across the river, and close to the
margin, stands silicious cone, very sym.
mctrical, slightly corrugated on its cxte.
rior surface, three feet in hight and five
in diameter Mt its base. Its orilicc is
oval, with scalloprd edges, and two feet
by three in diameter. OF this unpretend.
ing cone Mr.. Langford writes:
mot one of our company supposed
that 1t was q gcyscr; and among SO many
wonders it had almost escaped notice.
While We were at breakfast upon the
morning of our departure n column of
water, entirely filling the. crater, shot
from it, which, by accurate triangular
measurement, VIC found to be 2l0 feet in
hight. The stream did not defect more
than four or five degrees from vertical
line, and the eruption lasted eighteen
minutes" - = Esf 1.grs -
A hundred yards further from the river,
near the center Of the large group of
spouting and boiling gcyscrs, is large
oval aperture with scNlloped edges, the
diameters of which were eighteen or twen-
ty-fve feet III = III -. srN.r
mo water could be discovered" writes
Mr.. Eangford, OIL his first approach to
the spring, "but we could distinctly hear
it gurgling and boiling at agrcat distance
below. Suddenly it began to rise, boil
ing and spluttering, and sending out huge
masses of steam, causing general stam-
pcdc OF our company, driving us some
distance from our point of observation
When within about forty feet Of the sur
face 1t became stationary, and we returned
to look down upon il. 1t was foaming
and surging at terrible rate, OCCASION
ally emitting small Jets of hot water
nearly to the mouth Of thc oritice. All
ut once it seemed seized with fearful
spasnl, and rose with Incredible rapidity,
hardly affording us Time 10 flee to d safe
distance, when it burst from the orifice
with terrific momentum, rising in col
umn the full size of this immense apcr-
turc to the hight Of sixty feet and through
and out Of the apex of this vast aqueous
mass, five or six lesser Jets or round col
umDs of water, varying in size from six
to fifteen inches in diameter, were pro-
jccted to the marvellous hight Of two
hundred and fifty feet. ..
"Thcse lesser jets, so much higher than
the main column, and shooting through
It, doubtless proceed from auxiliary pipes
leading into the principal orificc near
The bottom, where the explosive force is
greater. =. i.eF:.i -..-.-.s: 81 .
"This grand eruption continued for
twenty minutes, and was the most mag
niiicent sight we ever witnessed. We
were standing OH tho side Of the gcyser
nearest tile sun, the CLEANS of which filled
the sparkling column of water and spray
with myriads of rainbows, whose arches
wcrc constantly changing-dipping and
tuttering hitlIer and thithcr and disap-
pcaring only TO be succeeded by others.
again and again, amid the aqueous col
umn, while tho minute globuIcs into
which the spent jets were diffuscd when
falling sparklcd like shower of dia-
monds, and around every shadow which
tho dcnser clouds Of -yapOr, intcrrupiing
the suns rays, cnst upon tho column,
could bc seen II luminous circle radiant
with nll the colors of tho prism, and ro-
scmbling the halo of glory represented
in paintings rs oncircling tho head of Di-
vinity. All that we had previously wit
messed seemed tame in comparison with
the perfect grandeur and beauty of this
display. Two Of these wonderful crup.
tions occurred during the twenty-five
hours we remained in the valley. This
geyscr we named Tho Giantcss.t IN
Doors and out. ..