Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-07-25

A MOUNTAIN RISES FROM THE SEA.
Remarkable Experience of Party N"ar
Its Crater-Thry Discover u Tcmp"ra-
turc Estimated at 800 Degrees
Their Thermometer Bursts.

WAsulNGrON. -. C.. July ?O.-lhe sec
Rotary Of the Treasury has received from
Capt Manlcy of the (nited states revenue
cutter COrWin, under date of Ourlalask,
MAY IS two interesting reports 10y the ON
GERS of the CurWu. describing visit To
the recently uphcavrd volcano in Behring
Sea at the northern end of BOgOSton Is
land latitude - degrees ~ minutes, Is
seconds ~. longitude lGS degrees, 81 min
nteS W. This volcano which is in state OF
constant and intense activity was uphcaN-
ed from the sea in the summer of lSN2 but
was not seen by any civilized eye until
September q. 1881. when il was discovered
by Capt Anderson of the schooner Mat
thew Turner \ few days later it was
also seen by Capt Hague of the steamer
Dora But no landing upon it was made
previous to that by the officers of the Cor
win last spring. DR.. Icmans describes it
rs dull. gray, irrcgularlN cone shaped
hill. about 500 feet in height, from the
sides and summit of which great
volumes of vapor were arising At the
height of about twO-thrdS the distance
from the base to the apex of the cone there
ISSUED very regular series of large steam
Jets which extended in IA horizontal direc-
ton completely across the northwestern
face of the hill. Around these steam Jets
We're seen. upon nearer approach, deposits
of sulphur of various hues which at Il dis
lance had looked like patches of Vegeta-
ton \ landing was effected without an
ficulty upon the narrow sand pit COnneC-
ting the new volcano with the old island
of BogOstotl, and DR.. Gemans and Lieut..
Cantwcll undertook to ascend the smok-
ing cone. II was covered 10y Il thin layer
of ash formed into crust by the action of
rain. which was not strong enough to SuS-
tain mans weight and at every step the
climbers feet crushed through ii and
they sank knee deep into soft and almost
impalpablc dust which arose in clouds and
nearly suilocatcd them As the summit
was ncarcd the heat of the ashes became
almost unbcarable \ thermometer buried
in the dust half way up the ascent mark
ed 1876 degrees and in a CrcVice of the ram
parts of the crater the mercury rapidly cN
pandcd and filled the tube when the
bulb burst and shortly attcrWarc
suspension ring to the instrument
was fused. The temperature was estimated
at 500 degrees Fahrenheit. ON all SIDE
of the cone were pcrtOratiun~ through
which steam escaped with more or les
energy and in some cases at regular inter
walls like The exhaust of II steam engine
The interior of the crater could not he sccl
ON account of the clouds of smoke an,
VapOr which filled it, "A curious fact L
he noted" Lieut. Cau)Wrll says. lin re
gard to this volcano j. the entire ah~cuc,
apparently. of lava and ciudcr. \uWhrr
could find the slightest evidence of cithc
of these chactcriS'ic~ of other Nolcanoc
hitherto examined i'm the Alcutiau Islands
Dust Or ash however i thrown ont in con
siderable quantities and carried by tn
wind to place, as distant aS Ouuala~l,a
After carefully measuring he Volcano an
photOgrHphinT il from various points &
view the exploring party returned, witt
out accident, to the ship.