Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-11-27
LAKE IN THE CRATER
Mount Rainier Has Magnificent Cav
ern at Its Peak.
Pent-Up waters without Any Surface
outlet Uncovered by Tacoma
High school Professor
and Students,

There is lake of water in the crater
of Mount Rainier. Its depth and exten:
are not known. and may Fever be. Inc
discovery OF the lake was MADE by Prof.
John b. Flett, who has charge OF the
botanical department CT the Tacoma
tllE school. and two men, arthur tilles-
pie end Frank Wey mouth, who are SUI
dents OF the high school, says Tacoma
tWash.) report. The threosiiare made
me ascent from the east side by way of
the White river glacier The ascent was
made Saturday. July rs, the three SPEND
ing that night In an ice cave In Crater
peak. s..a
The ascent was made over long. vast
snowfields, and up great reaches OF ClaT
tier These glaciers were hisccted with
numerous creyassEs, which CAUSED the
scalers to angle back and forth across
the face OF the mountain. Much time
was lost In this way, as the creyasses.
could not be seen until the climbers were
almost upon them. 1t was after sh
O'Clock Saturday ct-en.rF before they ar;
rived at the rim of Crater peak. A fu-
rious wind, accompanied by driiing
rnow. simultaneously gathered over the
top OF the mountain, and the three began
to hunt for shelter.
Passing around the rim of the crater,
steam was observed issu,rg from hole
about the size OF a mars body, and,
squeezing through the hole Prof. F.ott
found himself in councillors CAVERN,
the bottom of which wasgcci1 i7psad OF
rocks and volcanic ash mailing up the
rim OF the crater. while the roof con-
sisted C the zee formation covering the
mouth of the crater This boys followed
into the chamber. and the three found
themselves warmly and coaiiy housed
for the night. the dry steam coming up
from th, bowels OF the mountain tenn
perirg the arctic atmosphere
THE cha~hcr sloped away toward the
center OF the crater. agreeable to the
contour of the crater rim, but the slope
was such that tho; three corlf lie down
on the large stones without Danger OF
Siding into the darl erirg cnrern be-
rsath Prof Fletts alpenstock
dropped from his hand and rolled Is feet
Gown the throat of The caverf'. p, d rope
VAS tied around weymouth who vea-
tnred INTO the dari rees tcre";h and Sc
cured 1t. As he descended he lighted
matches. carefully exploring his way,
nnd finding that the mountain beneath
js honevcoUrcd With passages. which
omit quite jets of steam. but probably
In the remote pnst vomiting forth red
o, layo The three Their began TO roll
stones down the incline. Some Of these
would clear all the pariiticns separating
tSe passsres, against which few Of
thestorrs lodged end sttf rs"afir hack
rGr blirg roar for Q. r'irr'e. rs they re-
bounded f"o,n side tos!ds OF the cavsrns,
i,-ey could be heard spleghing into the
o. q beneath.
The lake has tie source IN the melting
Of the tremendous C,7rti,ics CT snow
that fall within +Ne crater Az With Is
periodically acted upon in certsin por-
tione 81 it,, o~cte~ hr tn g -"rt 'e,y ris-
Ing from the irtr-ior. There is TO sur
fece outlet FOR .'''s u'ai"r or The rim
70 thc c-1te-, and L there were 'he low
trrnc tu-~e oftile crest o. :ae old lreun-
tair. wouid soor freeze I'd close It up.
= SuUrkTkdEfUuS 'i-F'ht+i, 'N'nN = 2 Wv Al
through the hear of the r'ourtsin, may
r'''e temporary ventto the acni-rp wa
tnrs. The three v'itGor'cd an incom-
psrably erord sunrise frcn the sunni 1t
toe Hsxt morning. ard or vat cav. which
wss Sunday. descended ir'o Paradise
valley by way OF the ole route by Glib
raltsr rocl
On the way Down they met fve Young
men from Seattle. who wers starting to
Yn1isc me accent. in w,lie $50 ort the,
- en-eessful, they rea"h'rN he rim
~ .he s-a.c- The rc~t dev N'onCnyl at
roon. Prof FLEET svd The two hcys went
e~rrnd tho eide o. The NOM sin, crose-
. the Ccwli+- ard other fleaif RS. apd
snallv or-i' ire ST their GOWN on ridge
o-'crloel.irg the white river glacier,
f,ro.. Ft4tt believes that ~" route from
the east side is ore x the lsV' that
could he scicnted he Slone 80 dirT''s be-
i-g cosier there hsire no dizzy nreci-
niccs. win n trail, fol'op'irG .e.-shelNir ?
Of rock as there is on the Gihra'tsr side
Of the nountain. and n" ID" so rows and
nntow3rd cleayers to,be traced. y