The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-11-07

ACSs mutliated
and that the side opposite to the rrsss
est spouting force. Neither hayeI ava.
seen o .geyse1 nor a boiling spring wbasa
the agitating force was p~erpendierlass
direct, or from the centre. Almost ~
variably the water and vapo issua =
IN angle from one side, as il from !"
oven. -
The craters are like mason woyL ,
side, having been carefully built M 8
sectious OF by qualification. Outs;s.
they take on strange and fantast;s
attachments, from which the geysar
often takes it's name, as the Castle H.
Grotto, the Beehive.
Could the shaft through its anti.
length be examined the structure woula
probably be found to have a spiral fan
dency, because the overflow Of watay i
always on the lowest side and when Ia
position makes this high, the wais,
seeks a new overflow, thus build;na
anew as the water finds new outlets.
boiling spring and p geyser are ALWAYS
in close proximity, as If they sshunted
in couples" or rather every geyser has
its spring, though the opposite is not
always true. The spring is then called
the indicator" and is presumed Il
give warning of the coming eruption.
The waste waters from these oeysers
and springs flow directly into some
creek or river, which is always flowing
in pretty close proximity, and the safe.
ment, if true, that the flow in the rive,
is doubled during an eruption Of one Oh
the largest geysers, as the Giant, the
G~iantess, or the Grand, which flow
from one to two hours at q time, NAV
give some idea of the immense amount
of water thrown from the depths of the
earth at such times. Torrents Of fall.
ing rain would not form larger running
streams at the surface. Though satin.
rated with calcareous matter, the flowing
water is at first clear rs crystal. and
though scalding hot when projected up.
wards, it returns to the earth in cooling
drops. The noise and correction at.
tending an eruption are Undesirable,
are even unimaginable, 10 one ignorant
of the reality. No imagination could
picture the sights and sounds combined
within and without a geyser tube dur.
ing an eruption, while the attend
ant spring seems doing its best to help
on the melee, The spectator can only
look on in speechless establishment.
Some of the geysers are merely spite
full little fellows, throwing water almost
necessarily to a height of a few feet,
while others are said to throw Jets 200
feet, or more. But Imagine some peo-
pie see with exaggerated vision. The
height to which the Giant throws it's
graceful crystalline jets is put down Of
the above named figures. but two gen.
tlemen who each measured during the
eruption which / had the good fortune
to witness, agreed very nearly in their
measurment, but only made their height
about 100 feet, which is q sad falling
down from the estimate. Let the
height be more or less, / could see very
little difference between the altitude Of
the Giants jets and those of "Oldfaith.
fui," which 1 believe are never rated
at much above 100 feet. AS Bob In.
gersoll is reported as saying: Even
this is a grand enough geyser for me-
Most of the geysers have their peri
odical times of eruptions, those OF the
Giantess and Beehive being at present
about fourteen days, while Others arc
scarcely as many hours, and others are
nearly mcessant. All these, however,
are variable, aud / was told that the
eruptions in times past occurred with
greater frequency than at present.
casual observer can readily see that
conditions not only have changed, but
are changing. nor does he need tbs tes-
timony of the oldest inhabitant" TO
convince him that he finds traces, not .
few, of extinct geysers.
As may be said of certain localities,
volcanic action has now ceased, may u
not be said. sooner or later, that gey'
sers are now extinct in the upper gey-
ser basin of Yellow Stone Park? Now
it is probably the grandest theatre Of
chemical action on the face of the globe!
and / can never be too thankful that
have lived too see it. / have been very
fortunate in my visit, coming as | did
at q time when SO many arupticns were
just occurring.