Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-03-30

Now that the Northern Pacific Rail.
road Is being rapidly pushed to compile
ton. the country II traverses IL attract.
ing considerable attention. Access to
the Yellowstone Is made comparatively
easy. and the wonders Of our National
Park will engross the attention OF tour.
lists without number.
This park Ia . tract Of land lying
within the Territories Of Montana and
Wyoming. near the headwaters Of the
Yellowstone river. Its extent is fity.
Eve by siIty.fvs miles. It's area Is 1915
square miles. equal to 2.2ss. 900 acres.
Congress has reserved and Withdrawn It
from settlement. entry. or sale. and dsd-
ioatsd Il II q public park OIL pleasure
ground for the benefit and enjoyment Of
the people. Rules are prescribed for it,
protection and government. which will
preserve all timber, mineral deposits,
natural curiosities and wonders from
injury and spoliation. and retain them
in their natural condition |; also to pro-
tsct the Ash and game from wanton cap.
turs and destruction. The gsyssrs Of
this wonderful park far surpass In mag.
nituds and power all other springs Of
like nature in the known world. The
largest Of these ID from Aity to sixty feet
in the outer diameter Of It's walls. while
the we'll, or inner diameter. 10 but ten
feet. Its discharges occur once In
twenty-four hours. and continue fifteen
minutes. and are OF almost incredible
force. The grand geyssr is In action
nee In thirty.two hours, lasting fifteen
minutes, and Its appearance 10 most
striking and wonderful. It throws into
the air . column Of water. eight feet In
diameter. to q height Of 800 feet. The
mighty forces which operate to projsot
this immense column to so great . height
hold 1t there 30 steadily and evenly as to
give IL the appearance Of o solid pillar
Of crystal. Another geyser. known az
''Old Faithful" whose eruptions occur
every hour, throws o column OF water
six feet In diameter, two hundred feet
high, with great steadiness. There are
also found some fifteen hundred hot
springs. ranging In diameter from Q few
inches to hundreds OF feet, and In tenn.
peraturs from one hundred up to the
boiling point. It is claimed that for
bathing purposes the pools near these
springs are superior. Nor can the costly
structures OF art. with their marble
basins and periumed water. equal these
natural baths. Passing out Of the
springs, tho waters flow down the slopes
from one reservoir to another. at each
descent losing some degree Of their heat.
30 that the bather can be suited In
temperature from boiling heat to ios-
cold. Another attractive feature OF this
park Is the Yellowstone Lake, excelling
in its picturesque beauty. being fifteen
miles wide by thirty miles long, with q
beautiful shore line Of ninety miles.
Among other features Of interest and
grandeur are the Yellowstone Falls. four
hundred feet high. and Cascade Falls,
two hundred and hfty feet high. The
surface Of Yellowstone Lake 10 1900 feet
above ssa.lsvsl. and the mountains In
the background are 1000 feet above the
lake. Why, with hundreds Of Natures
erandsurs. It's streams Of mountain
trout, and its forests filled with noble
game. will not our nations Wonderland
in the near future DO the resort Of pleas.
ure.sesksrs from every nation on earth 2