Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-29
ARIZONA VOLCANOES
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n Lying AAH the grand volcanic
~. Arix'' - ,,,ovntains. 1t
n an q the CoVVPa" .,,A ~ tho west
. 4, from Black bu''e va
fill' ,,billh. a distance OF -FOUR
laks ,,s lake south to New
4 4 and nom '''N Tbev lie ont
two miles or hiOle'
r ~ IN plaln. about ten miles east
"A ue w. .s,sriv point Of the Coco
n flAs rios' ~. ...,,,+v miles west OF
n r.age ana '"'''' 49,, az,
4 csorado river, WIN winch '''e'
" no two branches OF New
1ass'se pascadero. all three OF
l.s and 'ne - t,,iuru The
Il "a low out OF i'n,' .,,,,,,
4 ,.r,s branch OF New river, "'lN"
=. Colorado sixteen miles be-
l'a y aa,.s mast the volcanoes
n yuma NV ~. u.a+ar IL cuts
n be iake' III ne Ito 90
Volcanic region M 1,,s.s
n "a Of the eastern poruoh' lhere
..or. than 10000 Of these mud.
.,,s volcanoes. four-hfths Of
ifs anu sati canes from TWO to ten
~ " nssa from two to ten feet
NJ i,rh,. running up 10 shurP pullt'
n I'M an opening az the top rom
Il. % twenty inches IN diameter, from
M pours yapQr' steam not water,
n grsses, smoke ana m rev cuses
"A y BY day and night MAKING a
Il h scene by night that Is srahu pc
n Z description. The whole region IS
4 trpngly impfegnated with the smell
4 burning sulphur that u can pc DC
\ ,sd for miles away, ana AT TIMES SO
UNng that one mas 70 move 70 the
n inward OF some OF the larger ones
n y yipor and gasses are 80 NOT mat
4 h. pot will boil sooner thhn on any
M or camp hre' anu VIII pufh Wool
4 ulisr is so hot that eggs are boiled
n 4 ave to SIX minutes ,,s o StandinS
~ YEN oiie ca, meat ',Ie pol,i'i ii anu
1'i'fAalg o. 'ns ouI mug ',,a ,S pelo"'
Fantastic steam fipes'
n h many OF these the steam and va
n throw up PARTICLES and masses of
hi which are constantly deposited on
dies and top OF the craters anu
a med into the most curious clay
y nn pipes. OF escapes, made into fan
II. shapes, out OF which the gases
ID VII noise like the escape of
" an troi the safety valve of a boiler
n srfg an over pressure Of steam. one
NJ 4 the balance OF the volcanoes are
~ 70 y teet wide at the base and
4 nslo Is feet in height, with craters
leW ihehes up 10 ten rect IN
ny which are illled with boiling hot
4 ~ tna inuu, some OF these roll the
~ u 100 INCIDENT 10 litt 1t to the
TVS q tne cone others sputter,
N X ~ SPY the mud AL over the
n N ' XII VIZ II often Lorty 10 htty
n i " . ,ns ar covering everybody and
n ss ,.,ls,, near '., oy with the boiling
\ X. some Of them viii now and tlen
" great masses Of mud into The mir
A twenty feet or more which falls
K d with a thud that lars and makes
X whole surrounding surface tremble
are more or less intermittent i'm their
dn.
Sne Of them remain active far onlv
v Nv hours, others for DAYS ana ma
al ior a week, and f tSen u res,, Tpe
y work with Increased nctivitv nh
@ small ones are always Vs'i et wd IN
Win more force at times q" tbs mof M
iss Two-thirds OF the Temainder
p little or no walls, around Which
W rsat open mouths 10 to 40 4 feet
iaueter filled to the brIm ~ win iii
A1s, boiling mud. These foam. roar
4 AID then shoot great masses 50 q
n. @ n.y. NE Nai ar scattering it far and
n, nae balance Of the lot belong to
A y - vavH ~, class lass. Like the others,
:. III 1 iono ana play active today and
II lon i'aiV ,sd feet in which they roll
\. s1 ,ii sias :, nearly out Of the crater rae
5eh. ny" II 10 slump back into It's bed
4 The non.,o,
4 J, y !. 10 feet wide. but which has S' mo q
m. is country, is the giant and
"A -tNE OF the whole ,a..t..-