The herald., 1895-11-24
VOLCANO SPRINGS
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ever visited Volcano springs? No! ! can
readily believe that you have not and,
perhaps, never Will, but if these wonder
ful springs were in close proximity 10
Los An !eles they would constantly be
orowdsd with visitors and healt seekers.
Large sanitariums would b. erected, lawns
and flowers pl nted around them, while
the SPRINGS the m selves would be covered
with bath houses, AMI then the sick and
Afflicted PEOPLE, instead of rushing to
Eu ops to visit fam Gus springs that effect
little or no benefit. would come and visit
these springs with results that would as.
tonish the whole medical world and make
Southern California even more noted for
its wonderful cures than it now is.
To describe these springs is far beyond
my power, but In this sketch l will tr,
to tell you Of them and OF some OF their
oLree.
Volcano Springs is nothing more than
a Telegraph office in the center of the
graf b .rren Colorado desert, on the limo
of the Southern Pacific railroad. the
springs are situated about four miles
south of the little station, and can be
seen from the train. from which they
look like little islands in the midst OF the
great Saltan mirage.
At least that is how they appeared to
my eyes AZ .igut.d than from the train
few days a.o on visit 10 the operator.
The next day We walked over to the
springs. The thern onster stood at l25
desrets in the shade. an while | was
wringing wet with pprspiratou my COM
psnion seemed not to notice the intense
heat that seer ed melting in its ierceness.
while ~s we're yet mile away from
the min volcanoes | heard a roar that
scanned not great deal unlike escaping
steam from q mammoth boiler.
Soon the sarth besan TO tremble, and
as we advanced closer towards them our
weight seemed to make the earth culver
and shake as though We were on quick
sand. and the grouno seemed ready to
cave in at any instant: My friend
laughed ut my tears, and SAID II was
I nothing but the convusions and throb-
| bins Of the volcanic springs underneath
US, and expls ned to me that the whole
country around us was q mere she'll.
whsn within three or four hundred
yard, the roar increased to such an ex-
| tent that shout as loud as We co"ln IN
| each others ears not . word could bo
, heard.
Tho sight presented before me as
sto I'd at the sIring's edge was magn, f.
cent. Larse Jets of steam and water were
thrown up into the air I" a height OF Fifty
or seventy-fve feet. falling back ag'in
into the basin, perhaps Ely yards IN
was hnbbling and boiling, and every few
/ seconds there would come a mighty throh
| and q denfspIna roar and the Waser would
be thrown up only to fall back again to
| Ds thrown over. "
| had carried small bucket with me
/ N,,II IN n
back a few feet to b out OF r'ach OF TIE
hot spray when it ii again. Without
hardly waiting for 1t to cool sufficiently,
! I raised il to my lips and took huge
swallow, but aim ost instan ely spat it out
again. A small dIss OF quinine could
scarcely have tasted m re Ditter than thii
| water. .
Afte: this we visited the other springs.
there being over 200 in a radius OF less
| tnan two m lies, and wonderful as it may
seem, some of them were 10y cold, Wills
| within ten feet OF them another will bs
steamlng like small engine. Others
| throw up large quantities OF mud. which
the operutor infor med me was one OF the
fnesJ things III the world for the cure oil
rh.nmatism, and citei cases where peo'
| pe mad been carried from the train IN
able to walk. and upnn being given these
mud baths and drinking some of the
waters had been comple!sly cured In
| few days.
| in snne of the springs the water would
| spurt and bubble up cnupls of feet, and
| while N the air would burst with re-
port sounding like pistol or large hre-
cracser, In these | noticed there was a
sm+ll of some nd OF gas. and to inhale
| in 70, a few seconds would produce stu
| nifyIny .ffeot, and / think it would take
! only few minutes to render a person
| unconscious.
q But Of all the most wonderful OF al
| The wonderful springs was one not larger
! tuon n common dinner bucket in which
4 the water, cold as ice and clear as n orvs
! tai. rose and fell as regularly as tn PM
! OF a human being, ana upon tasting i
We found it as sweet and pure as the pes
| filtered water that could o" had.
! All of lis may ssem to some skeptica
! ,,nders more on the scale of Il large fsi
story. hut visit to these springs vii
convince any one Of the truth and YER
acty of this. and l honestly believe tina
| some tim, in the near future VolcRn'
spripps will be famous the world over 70
IT'S speedy and efficient cures. Consume
| lives brought here in the last stages o
that terrible disease will De able IN few
months, after series of paths taken II
some of the different waters to return 4
| their homes completely cured Rheu
mstism and all blood diseases will sue
cumb to the healing powers OF thss
springs and many fond parent will hav
good cause to bless them when their be
loved sons and daughters whom the
have seen growing paler and wsake
each day with the hand Of death lynn
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