Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-10-17

firearms, sufficient to hold prOtract
ed battle with road agents or Indians
for neither will trouble you. A per
son is as safe in the wilds of the Vel
lowstone National Park, as they Art
in Central Park, New York.
Upper Geyser Basin contains tel
of the largest geysers in the world
The following is summary of thei
heighth and volume:
The Giantess-Diameter, IL feet
256 feet; has an eruption every Ii
hours, which lasts 10 minutes.
| Giant-Diameter, 4 feet; height, 28(
feet; once in every IA days; lasts l.
hours.
Splendid-Diameter, 8 feet; height
176 feet; every 8 hours; lasts 16 min
Crystal-Diameter, 81 feet; height
140 feet; every hours; lasts s min.
Riverside-Diameter, Is inches
height, 1923 feet; every "a hours; lasts
| Is min.
Bee Hive-Diameter, Is inches
height of extreme jet, 225 feet; every
IS hours: lasts 20 min.
The Grand Diameter, 1G feet
height, 260 feet; every 80 hours; lasts
27 minutes.
Old Faithful-Diameter, 4 feet;
height, 2SO feet; every hour; lasts 8
minutes.
Grotto-Diameter, Z feet; height,
20 feet; every S hours; lasts Is min.
Castle-Diameter, E feet; height,
so feet; every hours; lasts 80 min.
Fan-Diameter, 2 feet; height, rs
feet; every s hours; lasts Is min.
There are scores of others, but it
would consume too much space to
mention them.
Leaving here we retrace our steps
ten miles to Lower Geyser Basin,
where the road turns off to go to the
Yellowstone Lake and Falls. After a
long days travel, over rough, noun
famous country, we reached the Yel-
lowstone river. Here the road forks,
the one to the right leading to the
Yellowstone Lake, the other to the
Falls. As we were desirous of seeing
the lake first, we accordingly took the
right hand road. Five miles brought
us to Mud Geyser, which has sent its
sediment to the tops of the highest
trees Its blue, grimy flow 40 feet at
the base, rises like volcanic eruption,
and dividing 50 feet above, present
ing a hideous looking spectacle as you
hastily clash by it.
Six miles further on, over road
nicely arched with tall pine trees,
through beautiful grass-covered mea-
dows, artistically ~strewn with wild
flowers, whose fragrance gave vigor
to the surroundings, we came to the
YELLOWSTONE LAKE.
a nice, shady place to camp
in during luncheon, we were once
more transported into luxury, being
SO ardently enraptured and intoxicat
ed by the picturesque splendor Of the
landscape. The whole phenomenon
was looked upon with the tenderness
Of pleasant dream, oblivious of the
reality. Scarcely did anyone speak
Or move for fear it would vanish be-
fore their eyes like a phantom. The
shape of the Lake resembles that of
an open hand, and in altitude of over
5000 feet, spreading over scope of
country IS miles in length and 25 in
width, richly dotted with beautiful
evergreen, spreading islands, from
which the steam of unseen geysers
raised with dexterity. Mountains
rise about it and are reproduced in it.
Birds of every description majestic
ally scan its unrippled surface, and
here is an abundance of trout within.
On the shore can be found all manner
If curiously turned stones of various
shapes and colors, from which we
supplied ourselves with specimens.
Leaving here we returned to the
'orks Of the road and took the other.
which lead to the Falls. On our way,
however, we passed over Birthstone
Mountain, which is, judging from its
appearances, smouldering
'ent, from whence comes the fumes
# an antique and obscure perdition.
Is / know no other cause to assign it,
will give it the first that occurred.
IN the whole, it resembles burning
mountain, whose sulphurous vapors
ontaminate the pure mountain air,
ills the lungs with its obnoxious odor
I'D impetuously spreads its sicken
ng gas over land and sea. Pure sui
blur can be shoveled up, in the road,
~ the wagon load.
Arriving in large flat on the bank
# the Yellowstone river, whose grass,
Notwithstanding the number Of horses
hat have festively grazed on it dur
ng the season, was still knee high.
The songs Of birds. The merry voices