New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-03

admit but some OF those obliged 10 leave this homo
OF the geysers because the rooms are all full can sIs
gest several why exception would De proper
Many as are the attractions OF the park at present
1t Is only partly developed yet for while all the p7n-
cpal objects reached there are several places OF
interest ut which the association desrous OF erecting
hotels the necessary roads are opener ana
the Government gives It's assurance OF protecuon'
Although the hotel ut the lake has been wait'ng ior
guests two weeks the stages have not been able 70
reach II, the roads full OF snow. The unde-
veoped part OF the park lies south OF the geysers along
the trail which General Sheridan followed when no
entered 1t with President Arthur. and north OF the
canon through the petred forests When the ADDITION
Is open, IL Congress deems IL best TO provide tho
money, tits enchanted ground will be even n greater
attraction than 1t is to-day While shoshone Lake u
not so important as the Yellowstone Lake. 1t Is
beautiful sheet Of water lying the sheridan trai
but cannot be reached by the stages now.
The entrance 10 the park is made from the north
By a branch road OF the Northern Pacific system; .
ticket procured at St. Panl for $40 entities the
traveller to berth in Pullman car Livingstone ana
return meals in the dinngcar both ways, including
two re branch roads, transportation through the
park and weeks board at the parks hotels Living
stone is 900 miles Of Paul and nearly 1850
feet above sea level considerably higher than the
Hottest point in the Catsldlls, but far below tho
carriage drives which await the traveller In tho
park. Just before Clnnabar the rroad terminus, nfv
slide is pointed ont. This is the first OF a numerous
collection OF marvellous curiosiies devoted to ms
Satanic Majesty. Think OF the Devils Thumb, inc
Devils Kitchen, the Devils Frying Pan, the Devars
Ink Pot the DEVILS rlor and to cap the climax calling
a barren waste Iell's Half Acre! How much better
"Angel Peak" Jacobs Ladders and "Paradise Park"
would sound The attention OF the Secretary OF the
Interior will undoubtedly be called to the pressing
need Of a new nomenclature when the park becomes
popular resort for clergymen. The DevHs ehoe
or jacobs Ladder IL probably VIII De caneo.
is singular formation on Cinnabar Mountain, cansea
by the washing out Of vertical straum OF compare
lively soft material between OF quartizite and
another OF porphyry which projecting strata enclose IKE
walls the almost Perpendicular slider two thousano
feet high
At Cinnabar, stages are taken for the Mammo0
Hot Springs Hotel On the way, under the snaooW q
Electric Peak towering 1125 feet above the sea- tno
driver points little stretch OF land on wnch Hon
NAV catch fish Gardner's River and turn around
and cook them In Boiling River without taking step
or moving the fish from the hook This is hsh story,
for which am not responsible; but the river OF coh
mountain water and the river OF steamlng hoo wa'er
flow side by for 300 feet hiatt the tale does NOS
Seem impossible for those who the two streams Inc
first afternoon is spent ut the Hot Springs inspecting
the terraces which are among the most picturesque
productions of this wonderful park. Here one sees
scores Of springs bubbling their boiling water over the
beautiful Terraces and deposng carbonate OF lime cay
and night winter and summer alike Inc amount ~
deposit under favorable circumstances IS saio 10 oe
about onesixteenth Of an inch In four days. Inc
colors range from light to deep red, the pro
dominating color being bright orange; while the pools
are filed with transparent blue water.
The second day one rides from the Mammoth HOT
Springs about forty naes TO the lower Geyser Basln'
stopping for luncheon the Norris Basin. -Four miles
south OF the Hot Springs is GoNen Gate, one OF the
grundest points In the park 1t Is about 1900 feet
level and
scarcely a mile in length built at expense OF
$4,000 Eight miles farther another remarkable
mountain Is met, known the Obsidian Cliffs. Inc
greater part Of this mineral glass Is Jet black, ana qus
Opaque In order TO build a roadway here, great
fires were built around the huge blocks Of glass, which,
when expanded suddenly cooled by dashing water
upon them, resulting in SCATTERING the blocks Int"
small gments. During the tide several lakes, pools
and geysers are passed. ~,
The third day one inspects the eeysers and the
Mammoth Paint Pots at the Lower treyser BASIN.
The chief gcyser at this lake Is the Fountain whoso
formation covers AN area OF several acres, and the
erllptions occur every four hours, continuing WITH
great from ten 10 fifteen minutes; the main .
tSrow% about two or three dimes that height. few
hundred feet east OF the Fountain are the wondsriui
Paint Pots remarkable mud caldron with .
In Sin forty by sixty feet. In this basin Is mass
OF fine whltuh substance in state OF constant as'a.
9n o, n6eisr With nnmerons points Of ebuon.
There is continuous bubblng up Of mud or, or nms
hemis spherical masses. cones. rings and Jets
DRIVING through the Upper Geyser Basin, one
hs hue ST OF the wafer i about i4s
grees Fahrenheit. Among the numerous geysers IN
sI Tho P poor mans friend other eeysers mny dis
appoint him they may have played yesterday, or VIII
Old Faithful Every sixty minutes, day and night.
he conducts his exhibition, throwing column OF hot
remains " apparently stationary for three minutes.
After dinner at the hotel, and inspection Of tho
seye Lake n 'S s'i connena
Here is body OF water in which II Is SAD thas
Mount Washington in the White Mountains could stand
upright and be a quarter of mile below It's surface.
1--WE miles below the hotel, at the outlet Of the lake
S d 'nf er rsp W which are large crater filled with blue
paSiy mud The road follows the valley Of the Vel.
S, P"Tcei p'T indian following their raid
eastward into the Missouri Valley fifteen years ago:
TMs n a t day Fails af RcF ssss upper
falls haze perpendicular drop OF i4o fe eSb wI Iea
II 360 feet. called the Lower Falls Between the two
Cascade Creek enters the river having falls on us owl
10 see at this inspiring place. no one has seen Yellow
stone park who has not visited the canon and 20 one
pa I e som ,e h Es0 m below the Lower Fails Hare
from 100 TO 1000 feet above the river one ,Ss
sublime spectacle. north and south Above are t seSm
the falls ws The height Of sasSns o tSWn tnf
union with the Missouri, while on either SIDE rise nea me
ngsGd %a nn sevnr s far too abrupt to
tempt the most adventurous mountain climber Tho
cOlOrS I'm This beautiful canon vary IRON nour 70 our.
M ar,ist has vet been found with tnts sufficient 10
reproduce the exquisite shades presented in TIE bright
sunlight should one ever be so bold to attempt IL
his nict,re would he vnlueicSs except TO those who
had seen H. for no one wonld believe that so many
colOrs corld be- gathered In mountain gorge. Dr.
Wayl,nd Uovt SAYS truly II Is though ranbowS
had fallen ont of the sky and hung themselves there Ike
glorious banners. IL Is a u tne most glorious
sunset YOU ever saw had been caught and held upon
that Respondent awful gorge
THE WEATHER REPORT.