The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-09

openings in a slisous formation about
foot each in diameter. which emit moth
ing but steam. This formation Is in
huge hole some twenty feet deep ON the
side of a hill evidently an extinct geyser
crater, All the year round the sides of
the cavity are covered with large banks
of snow This wonder received it's name
frora the roar which is OCCASION
ed by the escaping steam from
the three openings. The mouths OF these
steam vents are perfectly black. while ev-
erythiug else around them is of snow
whlteuess. IL has been estimated by gov
eminent engineers that the steam rushes
from these three openings In such force as
TO equal l5,tO0 horse power each, or COM
bned strength further down. where the
three undoubtedly form one tube Of 1900
horse power Some idea Of the awful sub
terranean force behind the steam can be
surmised when il Is stated that the roaring
OF this GROWER can be heard a mile and "A
| mar or TWO miles In summer; and three
miles in winter when it Is very cold For
| several hundred feet around this crater
the ground trembles continually from the
eHectS OF che steam escaping 1t rushes
out with such force that the light does
not penetrate it until il is eight feet from
the opening Then il becomes visible
steam, and scars maiestically heaVenvarl
IN great clouds hundred or more feet
! IN diameter and gradually loses itself In
the ar the steam coming from che
| Black Grower is highly charged with mag
nesia, which settles down when 1t SHOWS.
forming bank Of snow of such a char
| acter that the sun Is unable to melt IA dur
/ ing the short summer season. 1t Is lev
! cold, and when fingered feels like cold
cream soft and nliable
just beyond this, and a little WAYS III
| the wood, Is the crater of a geyser which
| sprung INTO existence three years ago. call
! ed the new crater geyser, which has NAV
| summer. This geyser broke out In the
| middle OF the night In dense piece Of
woods. The force Of the eruption was 50
great as TO shake the earth for miles
| around ana for time those sleeping a
| the lunch station at Norris a mile away
! thought IL was an earthquake. Rut irs
| deafening roar told that a new geyser had
| sprung into existence. Those who dresa-
| ed themselves and hurried over 20 wit
ness the spectacle. claim that when they
| reached there. a column of water was
soaring 700 feet In the air. carrying i'm with
| II huge boulders and trees, which had
| been torn up when the geyser broke out.
! The force accompanying this subterranean
| outburst was Of sufficient strength 60 tear
! up the ground for distance Of 2OJ feet
from the center. The rush OF water from
| this geyser must have been beyond com
| prehension, as II swept everything before
| II as II rushed down the hill into the val
ley below and thus into the nearby river.
! All the trees once standing between that
once peaceful and secluded spot
1 and the valley have been
washed away after being uprooted.
In their stead. the path of the torrent is
| covered with rocks varying in weight from
a ton and over, to small pebbles, and OF
| the most beautiful color, from deep
| red 20 pale green. Inside the crater, and
! near the mouth of the geyser, are huge
| rocks weighing over two tons probably
| too heavy tc be floated down the hin on
the crest Of the seething and boiling mass,
| coming from the very bowels of the earth
| These rocks are entirely different from
| the country rock showing that they came
| up from far below.
The constant overflow from the geyser.
| which Is accompanied by enormous clouds
of steam, is az a boiling point and OF con-
| siderable quantity. Those who were for
| tunate enough to witness the eruption
/ last year claim the column of water
/ thrown up attained a hight of about 700
| feet again, and mingled with the water
was a great quantity of rock, broken Off
| by the water as IL rushed upward. This
| is probably the only geyser of any size
\ in the park which has not been at some
| time described.
Tourists in the Yellowstone park this
week from Georgia are Misses Agile and
| Belle Simpson and Miss Mamie Halliday.
Atlanta, and Miss E. ". Young, Savaii-
| nah.