The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-10-19

moth Castle, and the beautiful Crested
springs areone of the most interesting
features. especially when the castle i!
III eruption sending forth clouds of steam
and passionate jets of water. Across thu
river are the Grand, the Turban, the
SpRsmOdic, and many of lesser note. Blu
mere names convey but few ideas. Yet
such names as the Emerald, andthe Indi
go, are suggestive. a trail leading away
to the south brings us to other groups
The mostnoticeable feature is the Devil
Punch Bowl In which the ingredients are
in wild commotiOn and the awful Black
Sand BASIN to look into whose blue depth
is like nightmare At the head of the
valley stands Old Faithful with its great
eruptionS. Reached by little footbridge
across the river is the group OF
which the Giantess and the Bee
Hive are the principal features,
and to the south the crater spring and
boiling mud pots; but ere the beauty of
the geysers can be truly felt we must see
them under the changing light of morn
ing. noon and eve. Under the cold light
of the moon, they were most unearthly.
With dark stormy sky the column of
Old Faithful touched by the sunlight
was of snowy white, by moonlight, soft
silver, at sunset, flushed with rose.
THE SULPHUR MOUNTAIN.
Clouds of snake-like form and leaden
hue reaching their length across to
Mount Washburne; middle distance
belted with dense groves of timber. Di-
rectly In front the mOund-shaped sui
phur mountain, and wreaths of steam
issuing from the assures in its sides.
At the mountains foot, two springs,
boiling with mad fury in polished ba-
sins OF bright yellow and pale yerdigris.
THE UPPER FALL.
Between walls of basaltic rock, from
which huge fragments have fallen and
now stand in mid-stream, with hoarse,
brawling voice of rapids the river APP
proaches the first falls, over which it
plunges with deep roar, rolling over and
over in masses of foam, white like an
avalanche of snow. The spray rolls
from its feet in smoky volume. In
dark-green eddies the river moves
away. The upper fall is not beautiful;
its surrounding are too gloomy; its
simple chord of colOr-White, green and
grey-too low in the scale; yet it is im-
preSsive and serves as q foil to the
giories of its near rival.
HEAD OF THE GREAT FALL.
A steep trail leads to the jumping off
place" of the great fall. We stand on
It's verge and see the green waters, clear,
thick, near to the fatal edge.
Then it disappears from sight with
hardly feck OF foam: but the deafen-
ing roar and clouds of rising spray tell
of its madness below. The conventional
pine clingS over the abyss Peer over
the brink into the basin. All is con-
fusion OF mist and writhing water
Rocks carved and polished by the ever
rushing stream. Above, the giant cliffs
are stained with brilliant hues.
from POINT LOOKOUT.
A scene of unriyalled grandeur and
beauty, containing magnifcence OF
form, OF size and Of colOr-endlesS,
subtle detail, peTfect;ng each colossal
form. Nowhere in the world has nature
made more perfect picture unaided by
works Of man, or suggestions OF human
hope, toll or love. The Grand Canyon
of the Yellowstone, as viewed from
Point Lookout, IS primitive nature,
complete in itself. Noble lines full Of re-
pose lead the eye always TO the centre
Of the picture-where all the marvellous
color and light and shade are focused.
One vast pTecipice OF rock Is there, bind
ing together the canyon walls; marble
white, lemon and cadmium yellows
make its face one blaze of light and
color. On either hand, the spires, the
1omes and buttrCsses are painted with
orange, carmine and purple. Stealing
among these, pale violet-grays, rusSetS, /
,itrOnS, ell swelling the carnival OF |
,olor. Amid all this glad acclaim, |
hangs the great fall, most lovely of all. !
Even at this distance We can see the !
OF the water IS it glides over |
he lip OF the fall, then it breaks into |
.ippleS of creamy foam, ike delicate |
ace around ladY's throat; broader, |
deeper, they grow, forming festoOnS and |
points of exquisite grace, through the |
nterstices of which pale emerald and /
)palescent blues reveal themselves; yet |
II moving swiftly downward to become |
Odds OF billowy gauze, waving around i
he skirts of the fall, and finally passing |
away in mist. There the river forms |
lgain in a dark green pool and comes !
ushing forward Whitened with foam. |
The basin of this fall is another wilder |
less of beautiful color; rocks coated |
With cushions of golden-brown moss;
,ver the falls are groves OF pine woods, !
.asting their long purple-grey shadows |
IcrOss intervening green sward. Over /
III. the azure sky, in which float warm |
inted clouds shaded with pale cobalt |
Yet all this scene is soft, dream-hke, full
# unity, and although it seems 70 owe
IS chromatic splendor 10 the same
auses which make the Geysers so bril-
liant. it has none OF their diGbl6TiG of eff
ect. The vast space soothes both mind
md eye. 1t is a sublime expression OF
he grandeur, the slow, everlasting work
ng of natures laws.
OF THE GRAND CANYON, AND
THE PALACE GORGE.
Gothic spires and pinnacleS rising
rom the sloping sides OF the canyon. /
n bewildering numbers, like those of
Milan Cathedral spires OF blanched /
white, of creamy white. stained with |
Fellow; of deep yellow veined with aShy |
rev, of ochres, OF carmines. Back of this |
5 sombre volcanic rock, and 4 glimpse |
.aught OF the fall plunging into its blue /
misty basin. 4 trail winding around /
he dizzy edge mid wind-twisted trees. /
IN crag below hawks nest, filed |
nth her young brood. Sunlight and /
hadow playing among spires and dark |
,rowed cliffs with magical effect:
Shifting shades that come and go,
Like spprehension's hurried glow.
A few feet further and we look iato /
he Palace Gorge. The canyon deeper /