The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-03
LIKE INTERNAL REGIONS,
Queer Sulphur Geysers in the Vel
IOwstOne Park.

lOwStOne Park.
Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone
Park, Wyo., Oct. lone of the most pc
culiar sights in the park, and probably
the only one of it's kind in the world are
two mountains of almost pure sulphur.
They are Situated about a mile from the
main road leading from Yellowstone lake
to the Grand canyon. Enroute to the
canyon you go through Hayden valley,
following the Yellowstone river for the
entire distance. This valley is the largest
in the park, and is also watered by Trout
and Alumni creeks. 1t was in Trout creek
that Lecturer John L. Stoddard came very
near losing his life last spring while at
tempting to ford the stream. At that
time he was making an extended tour of
the park in quest of good views and data
for his lecture on the park. AT the point
where Mr. Stoddard and his companion
got into the water, they preferring to ford
the stream to crossing the bridge it was
deeper than they supposed. They were
eXtricated from their perilous position by
the other members of the party who
used the bridge. Those on the high banks
threw Mr.. Stoddard and his companion
ropes, which they securely fastened
around their bodies, and in that manner
were pulled out of the water and up the
embankment. The lecturer took his cold
plunge good-naturedly, and suffered no
i'll effects from it.
"A short distance beyond Trout creek
branch road turns off, which leads to
the sulphur mountains. They are often
spoken of as the Crater hills, as it is sup
posed they were volcanoes at one time.
They are about $50 feet high, and as the
surrounding country is undulating they
can be seen for a considerable distance
The sides of these buttes are covered with
little steam vents, from which puffs
steady streams of steam. Their
openings are of pure sulphur, very yellow
and the little streams of water trickling
from them down the hill side, winding
in and out between the huge blocks of
detached rocks, form yellow streaks of
pure sulphur, which are quite a contract
10 the binding Wilderness of the bleached-
out sides of the hills. Exceedingly dis
agreeable Vapors are constantly eminating
from these little steam vents, which will
sometimes cause a nauseating feeling to
delicate people, if breathed loo long. The
large pieces of rock covering the sides of
these buttes consist chiefly of pure sui
phur.
AT the base of the two buttes, on the
west side, is a large boiling spring, sur
rounded by number of smaller ones
It is strongly charged with sulphur, and
great clouds Of steam are constantly aris-
ing from it. The crater, or opening, is
about twenty feet long and fifteen feet
wide, and is filed with boiling water
which is in constant state of eruption
The subterrauean force is sufficient to
boil the water up almost necessarily to a
hight ranging from four to eight feet.
AS usual thing the water in the crater
is about four feet from the edge of the
rim of almost pure sulphur built up around
it. Every few minutes the water will
suddenly stop boiling, and rapidly rising
fill the crater to overlooking. 1t will then
subside as rapidly as it filled, and the
spoutiug and boiling will be resumed
The rim of the crater is about four feet
thick and is said to contain some 10000
pounds of almost pure sulphur. While
the water is clear, it has a whittish cast
and the small channel running down the
slope into Alum creek, some distance off,
is incrusted with sulphur deposit
On the north side of these most. wonder
full sulphur buttes are number of mud
caidrons and springs Their contents are
of varied colors, some being thick mud,
and others leaden-hued waters. They boil
necessarily, and are slowly building rims
to their craters of finely mixed muddy de-
post This is, indeed, a weird and fasc-
mating spot, the large quantities of sui
phur TO be seen on every hand. and the
nauseating odors, makes one feel as
though they were in close proximity to
the internal regions.