Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-01-09
THE BIG GEYSERS.
A Lady's Tour Through the Park OF
the Yellowstone.
Where Nature L. Reckies.Iy Ex.
trava:ant i'm Boiling Springs
''Old Faithful the "Bcc
HiVe.. and s.Ssianfess.S
iChicago Journal

| TOR uf the PARK. Neither pen nor pencil
| can describe The grandeur. beauty and
curious there. Nature was recklcssly ex-
| trava2ant in geyseIs and boiling springs,
and there are acres OF rather miles OF them
on the route e:lre the basins, having the
| famous ones. are reached At the Norris
basin, less than thirty uiiles from the Mann
moth Hot Springs. are hundreds Of small
/ boiling pools and small ;,eysers This a in
| l. a sort of beginning OF the marvellous, but
| hardly PREF ars one for the big geysers in
the upper basin reached the siconI day out
| The two basins give the tourist -seysering-
enough TO last a lifetime. Norris basin is
over 800 Iect in altitude Part of it is a
lovely meadow, through which flows the
Gibton river, with bridge, and part is the
| curiouS formation of crust, with clouds
| Of steam rising in every direction
from the boiling springs Walking about, 50
near the mysterious heat, suggests the
vicinity of the Internal regions and dread
of some sudden explosion or opening in the
earth But here, iii the midst Of the ire
Inendpus heat of invisible unknown fires, it
is 80 cold at night tia. water freezes every
night IN the year, Though the days are warm
and bright.
The big geysers are capriciyus as a rule.
DA'A 'iiiaAAa H.
spout every sixty minutes day and night.
This is really one OF the most BEAUTIFUL and
Interesting Of the great ;.eyserS Ii is quite
aluna, auI when in action is fountain
thrown from the center Of a ,one-lile hill or
formation OF deposit. in one great Jet 200
feet high. The water is as clear as crystal
and sparkIes through the clouds of snowy
steam like diamonds The Bee Hive has been
twenty->ix days. and the Gian;e.s, which
had been playing about every fourteen days
surprised every one by symptoms about
al hour before We arrived, and there were
three eraption5 Of both hetwecn o'clocI, in
the evening and miini -ht
The most curious thing about the great
SeyserS are the Indicators" For instance, a
foot or two from tn, Bee Hivci5 small hole
not over six inches in diameter, | sat on the
opposite bank of tie ri=er watching tiny
cloud Of steam puif up from this hole, and
wishing the Zee Hive wouli go off There
was no sign OF action in the Hive But the
steam continued TO put oHt of the little hole,
and after ten minutes there was a spirit os hot
water, bubble, puff, spirit and >putter Ten
minutes more of putting and bubbiing, and
then the mer-st sugscs, ion oi steam rose
from the Hive. Without knowing anything;
about geyserS, | knew at once that the Bee
Hive meant to do something Others wer. q!
the same opinion, an! Very sooa there were
shouts Of Look at the Re. Hive. She's going
off, sure" And sure enough size did \ lit
tie more steam and few more bubbles, and
up went the smooth, unbroken shaft Of boil
ing water. straight up in the air The shaft
was seemingly four feet in d ameier and 3JU
feet high and from this height il broke into
clouds of silyery spray. There was great ex-
citemcn., and any number of ladies handIlcr-
chiefs and Gentleinens las were toSsel in
and carried by the fore. Of the eruption up
with the shaft Of water
When they came down tie hanlkerchiefs
We're washed white and clean and the hats
were free from dust. The Bee Hive is unique. /.
but not As beautiful As Old Faithful Tie big !
geysers could not have done better b. special !
request. Not only did the Bee Hive which !
had been perfectly inactive for twenty-six
days, go of three times hut the Giamtes,, /
whore last eruption had been eight DAYS he !
for, gave a magnificent display. in three /
cruItoIS on the same dag and evening The |
crater of thr t;iau:e>, /, uiion., and some |
thirty feet across. Thr depth j. unknown /
but one looks down. down INTO the seethin.
pool with the feeling that il is bottomless (
pit Before the eruption the water ris : To-
the surface Of the crater. We Were told, on
arrival. that tie GiautesS hal exhibited
ii rs Of going off, though not due FOR six
days yet Tourists who had waite for some
time with the hoIe of seeing these two gey-
sers ia eruption left At noon that day, - quiet
and unlikely did action seem to BE-. At
u clock the indicator -. the Giantes; begun
to steam, ami soon after the tjiante-s cot up
steam too.
The hrst eruption was comparatively light,
and was Just over when We arrived The
second took place about half past q, al va.
Il tremendous action. Tie sound Was like tie
roar Of the sea lii q storm, with Eeavy tarDi-
b.nCs that made the whole elevation trcmble
and quivcr. The fountain OF water burst up !
the entire size % the crater. T,rsr nearly 800
feet, separated from the column Of steanI
and fen ia al magnificent waterfall, Us per
feet ~ II cut bN prCCipict IL Is u rare
sight to see the steam ard water separate IN
this way, a. very frequently the clouds IF
steam seem Ia hold the column of water in
visible But in tbs eruption the two parted
at the height -. 10 feet The steam was in
the form q: a cloud-l H. ~usft, and the water
bent like a graceful willow 10 the id,
ami Tor fully fifteen minutes there was
this unIqu" dl~laN. Everybody
looked on in Ill, nj admiration. touched with
awe, for the Giantess IN Eruption is OVERFLOW
nring, and inspires ong VIII ave. but d9es
not excite the Zee Hive. To see the
Iiiautes> go of once = worth a trip u the
park. But t. sec the Bee Hive in the same
hour WAS more than good fortune Then
there was the sp!ens on Faithful every
hour, and the Saw-in.ll buzEiag away every