Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-03-25
Mount Rainier Has Magnificent Cav
eTn at Its Peak.
Pent-Up Waters without Any Surface
outlet Discovered by Tacoma
High school Professor
and Students.

and Students,
There is lake OF water In the crater
OF Mount Rainier. Its deptA and extent
are not known, aid may neVtr be. J he
discovery OF the lake YVES MADE By Frof.
john b. Fiett. who has charge Of the
botanical department oi tAs laoche.
nign school, ard two mon, arthur Giles
PIE ene Frenk Weymouth, who are stu
nents Of the high school, says Tacoma
ANash.) report. The three have MADE
The ascent IRON the cast eide By way OF
The White river glacier The 3scent was
made Saturday, July 20. the three spend
ing tina; hight in an Ice cave In Crater
peak.
- ascent was made over long. vast
snowfelGs, and up great reaches Ct glG-
jel. iatae glaciers were biscctcd with
fnmorous ere yasr.c, which caused the
scalers to ergle back and forth AGREES
ne face o. the mountain. Much time
vas lost II this way. as the creyasses
could nor b ssen III I'll the CHM bf RS wer'
almost upon them. I, was eftcr siz
clorl SftHyssS fscrirr before lhcy ~.
si9ed at the rim of Crater peel A H.
rlous wird. accompanied By trlii, &
fnow. 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 issuing from a hole
fbout the s!ze Of q mans BODY. and
equeeaipe t'rnueh the hole, Prof. Flett
found hln'Te.f In n comToGlcus cavern
the bottom of which WAS composed a.
rocks and volcanic ash ma irf UP III
I'm u the crater white the reef cor
fisted OF the ira formation rove ri"c ~
mouth OF the crater The boys icllCwef
into che chamber. and the three founG
themselves warmly and cozily housed
f9r tho night, the dry steam coming up
from ~ bowels Of the mountain tenn
porinG 'he Grctic atmosphere.
The cher1ber sloped away toward the
center of the crater. agreeable TO the
eoutour OF the crater rim bri NE slcpc
WAS such that the three could lie Gown
TT the large stones w!taout terger cs
sliding into the dsrl'cnirg cavern Ia"
,~ath. Prof Flet's rlpenstoc,
topped from his hand ard rolled IS feet
DOWN the throat of the CO 7orn. ard rope
was tied around WEYMOUTH. who ven
trred into the darkness beneath and Sc
cr-ad t. As he descended he lighted
-ratches. carefully exploring his way.
rni finding 4 rat tho mountain beneath
IS homework he'd with passages, which
ent quite tets of steam, but probably
~ the remote past vomiting forth red.
hot layo. The three then began to roll
s.oaes down the incline. Some Of these
WOULD clear all the partitions separating
tbs pnsea"es. avainet which = few of
the stones LODGED. aad after seufing back
-"rrh'-~ ~oer Gov q minute es they re-
bounded from side TO side o. the cayerns
they could be heard splechin2 into the
axe beneath.
The le,a has ITS source in the neltirp
of the tremendous nl'nr' ltjes &C s"cw
that fall within tire crs.rr, ard weicN is
nerDetrallv acted vro- ~ "o-tnir ror-
lions OF the crater bv tho rteam ieis ris-
ing from the irt~-io- r'Nore 10 "a st-v-
face outlet for this water over The ri,n
Of the crater, 40 il ther~ werc tho low
temperatures of the crest O. the ol6 modn-
tain would sooa freeze ard close 1t up.
A subterrnneous cNhurcf. lea6i"g down
through the heart of tae '1or1tnip, may
give temporary veNtto 80 peut-up wa
tsrs. The three witne~god en- incon-
parably grand sunrise from the summit
the next morning. aud on that day. which
was Sunday. descended irto Paradise
valley by way OF the old route by Cab
raltar rock
On the way down they met I'VE Young
men from Seattle. who were starting 20
maze the ascent. In which endoH' thor
w-~a successful. thew reach'~r The rim
nt The crater the NEXT DIV fa'o- tSv) ct
moon. Prof Tlet' AVID the two hoys went
around tho side OF the mcuT' Nir. cross
ing the ccwlitg ard cther glaciers. anc
finally a-riNi-c AZ tNei- germ CT n riCge
overlooking the White river glacier
prof. Fletts believes that the rnrte from
the east side Is ere ~ tire f~ct tina,
could be selected. ths stone g"N fiorts be
sng easier, there heine ro-6'22v Treci-
pices with the trail following shelvtrr
of rock. as there is on the Cil'rplter side
Of the mountain and no dangerous and
untoward cleavers 10 be traced.
Curious speSiss Found In the RoiliHss
Lake of AuAtttlan in Guatemala
-.1fhAp Iuata-no.