Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-11-09

swayed by the wind and giving Off
a cloud of steam that rises high into
the air. We saw the Daisy, a very
fine geyser, throwing water to the
height of about rs feet 1t plays some
what In the same style as the Foun-
tain and entirely different from Old
Faithful We saw the Mortar whicn
is near the Fair; the Castle, Lion ana
others Of less Importance. Riversiue
played in the evening but as 1t is about
mile and II half from the hotel most
of us did not go down to 1t but content
ed ourselves with the view from the
hotel The geysers are perhaps the
most Interesting Of anything in the
Park, and the most difficult to describe.
Some Of them have cones and these
generally play in the style of OId
Faithful. The Castle has the largest
cone Of all, being about the size of
small house. The geysers without
cone. play much in the style of the
Fountain.
We saw some very fine hot springs
and pools; among them the Devils
Punch Bowl, Black Sand Pool, or Lake
and Emerald Pool, the last named be-
ing beautiful green.
The hotel at Upper Basin consisted
of lunch room and tents. the latter
being our sleeping quarters. They are
divided off into neat rooms and are
quite comfortable.
The next morning we left at 7:30 for
the West Thumb of Yellowstone Lake,
a distance of 10 miles. AS our coach
passed Old Faithful it gave us part
ing salute. We passed over the Con
tinental Divide twice that morning, the
second time at u height of S,345 feet.
We saw Two Ocean lake or pond,
which In the spring, when the snow
Is melting, has two outlets, one ulti-
mately flowing into the Atlantic, the
other into the facific. We got
glimpse of Shoshone lake and saw to
the southwest, the rough and Jagged
Teton Mountains, the highest Of which,
the Grand Teton, Is nearly 14,OOO feet
in elevation. l am told it has never
been ascended but twice, and other
parties undertaking the ascent were
never again heard from.
We reached West Thumb about II 80
and spent little time looking around
before getting lunch. We saw more
paint pots here and as 1t was daytime
had better chance to look at them
than at Fountain. They seem to be
mostly white or grayish white, much
resembling white lead mixed with lin
seed oil. There were also some of a
delicate pink color. They bubble up
rather frequently, some oftener
than others. l saw one shooting up
two or three feet, but most bubbles
rise only two or three inches. Each
time bubble shoots up 1t forms some
kind of figure, usually that of a
flower in the clay and it remains till
another bubble rises and destroys it,
forming a new one. l saw one paint
pot forming several different figures
making each in turn. One looked very
much like a muffin Near by we saw
many hot pools of various colors, some
very beautiful, some quite odd.
After lunch was travelled to Lake
hotel near the outlet of Yellowstone
lake, a distance Of 10 miles. Several OF
our company went by steamer but
the majority of us stuck to our coach
es. 1t was Il very pleasant drive
mostly along or near the lake shore
Lake hotel was pleasant, but afforded
nothing of special interest except boat
ing and fishing.
The next morning we rode on tt
Grand Canon hotel, IL miles away, tn,
road mostly following the Yenowston
river. After riding few miles w
came to Mud Volcano, peculiar ant
interesting sight. 1t is OH the sid
Of q hill to our left and six or eigh
rods from the road. Its crater is large
about 40 feet across at the top bu
narrowing at the bottom and extend
ing into the bosom of the hill. !
throws forth mud and water with
roaring sound and formerly threw
, high into the air, now only few fee
| into the crater. Some distance farthe
we pass Sulphur Mountain, an inte
/ esting sight. The od6r of sulphur
! very strong and rather disagreeable