The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-08-01

WASH as exact as 1t mad been, some
how, nor as reliable"
And the "King Of the Street"
erhptied his glass with an iudescrib-
able wink that made Beach, who was
short on Harlem, shiver ike a cat
that bad just swallowed mouse.
WONDERS OF THE YELLOWSTONE
REGION. - The discoveries recently
made by exploring parties, 10 the
vast wilderness which stretches north
and west of Salt Lake, are we'll calcu-
lated to awaken interest and wonder
in every mind. The stupendous gey-
sers 10 the vicinity Of Yellowstone
Lake, near the source # the Yellow
stone, which river forms the head
waters of the Mississippi, are among
the marvels of this far off region
The "Gfand National Park at the
hsadwaters Of both the Yellowstone
and Snake Rivers, has never till re-
Gently been fully explored, and is a
region about which many strange RI.
mors existed, which excited the
minds Of miners and others who had
approached nearest to the locality.
The boiling springs 10 action form
perhaps the most interesting feature
|of this region In size and number
they excel everything of tie kind on
|the face Of. the globe. 4 They are
found In only a few Other locali-
ties, those in New Zealand and Ioe-
land being the largest, and the high.
est one Of these is only rs feet.
The whols'number within the area
Of this park is not less than 10000,
including geysers, boiling springs and
steam vents, which are in state Of
constant ebullition, throwing up boil
ing water and steam from few in
ches to hundreds Of feet There are
also found what are called mud volca.
noes and sulphur springs, especially
about the Yellowstone Lake.
The size Of these geysers aud boil
ing springs varies from the size Of q
|.plpestem to several hundred feet in
diameter. One Of the principal gey.
sers is cAlleaths Grotto. being large
mass Of silieious rock, with many
grotto-like openings, through which
lths boiliAg water and steam are
thsownin every direction; another.
the Crater; oas the Castle, bearing a
striking resemblance to an ancient
castle. Others are named the Bee.
hive, the Giant, the Giantess, the
Fan, etc Old Faithful is so called
because he belches forth his boiling
water. and steam with faithful reg
Iularity every sixty five minutes,
throwing stream Of water two OF
three feet 10 diameter, one hundred
and forty to one hundred and seventy
1--WE feet in height, continuing some
six and half minutes, and then sub.
siding, to faithfully resume his work
again in another sixty-fvs minutes
The largest one ID The Greas Gey
ser, which throws up a stream Of
water, ten to twelve feet in diameter,
two hundred and fifty to three hun,
dred feet, and steam many hundreds
of feet higher The water from these
geysers and springsis highly silieious
and deposits the slick or flint around
the springs, forming large mounds OF
even considerable hills. These silici
GUS deposits are Of all forms and col
ors, and, being as smooth as glass
make picture almost beautifulheyont
Imagination.
Yellowstone Lake is seven thousand
four hundred and twenty-seven fee
above the level of the sea, being tn,
highest lake of its size in the world
1t is very cold and abounds in mos
excellent trout. Parties fishing from
the lake, without taking the fish from
the hook often drop them into boil
ing spring near by and cook them.
| Below the lake, the run has tire,
canyons, whose perpendicular heigh
is over one thousand feet Near on,
of these the river falls one hundred