The Dillon tribune., 1886-11-12

all directions. This basin has not such
large geysers as the upper basin, but even
these are a grand sight to one who has
never seen anything of the kind before
the most remarkable one here was the
Skull geyser. A gentleman there, who
had been taking observations, said that it
would take two hundred years to form one
of the skulls. He imagined that one
could see all OF the different shaped heads
there, from the noble head Of Shakspere
to the deformed skull ola malefac,or, but
We failed 10 see very much difference in
them, except that some were large and
some were small All around this gevser
are nu,nberless others, some spouting away
from ten to twelve feet high. One has to
be careful where one makes ones foot.
prints as the ground is very porous, and in
some places has very thin crust, as my
horse and proved to our curiosity, but
we retreated in time, instead OF taking
trip to the center Of the earth, as
Jules Verne would have done.
Fountain geyser looks like small pond,
when not in action; the formation all
around it Is very uneven, and the soldiers
told US that many years before, lady had
must have been one Of those Chicago bellies
that one reads of, or else the cavity had
become enlarged with time. This geyser
is very fine, say those who have seen 1t,
h,,t
and it refuses to make an exhibition Of it.
self, it gets TO be rather ,nonotonous; SO we
wandered around and looked at the Menus,
Watts, Lulu and various others; then went
farther up on the hill, to see the famous
paint pots, which are we'll worth the see.
ing; they are like small lakes Of unslacked
lime just after water has been poured on;
they kept up perpetual bvbbling all Of
the time that we were there. The colors
around them were beautiful; on one side
was bright pink, then a delicate blue,
merging into gray with chocolate, cream
and white. The rock that is forming there
is soft and tastes like rnagnesia. We were
not allowed to take any specimens, and as
one Of the party was going down the hill
with her hands full Of rocks, she spied
soldier near at hand. She sat down with
both hands under her, more hastily than
gracefully. Then another who had big
chunk in her hand, threw hers down, and |
gave it kick with her foot, but went
back afterwards and got it.
Near these geysers is the Evangeline.
One gentleman Of poetic mind said you
could hear It beat and throb like the heart |
Of Evangeline. Just as we were nearing
the Upper Geyser Basin, one of our riders
shouted to US to hurry up as the Riverside
was just going off. 1t threw up the water
for fifty or sixty feet, and made ru,nbling
sound all the tine. After it got through
spouting, we went upon the rocks that
formed its mouth, and could look down for |
ten feet or more, and not bit Of water was
visible, only little steam and the rumbl,ng
underneath. This geyser is right on the
bank of the Fire Hole River, and throws
the water clear to the opposite side Of the
river, but has no formation around it, as
most OF the geysers nave.
HelPs Half Acre we passed in the early
part Of the day, and his Majesty's domain
has stretched out, like some Of the early
settlers presumption claims. Uncle Sam
will not object, however, as it is all on his
farm, and needs no fencing. My horse de.
cidedly objected to going on it, and no won
der, for every step brought up low, hollow
sound, as if there were rooms to let under.
Meath.
One noon, as we were getting ready to
start, a soldier rode up, and told us to make |
haste If we wished to see the Giantess in |
action; SO there were four OF US riders who |
started, and our horses must have thought,
from the way we rode, tina, the world was |
coming to an end. We got there in time,
as did the rest Of Our party, and there were
quite good many from the hotels to see
the grand exhibition that Nature was ma.
king of her own free will. The Giantess
is called the chief amongst the regular
geysers; it is situated on mound of it's
own forming, on the side Of mountain
with thick timber down to the formation.
A regular colony of geysers cluster there.
The Giantess was suffering, and tossing
up the water for ten or fifteen feet when
we first got there, but suddenly she gave |
great throb, and up went a great volume
OF water and steam for two hundred feet,
which continued to play for an hour or |
more. 1t does not "erupt" oftener than