Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-29

|snt-Up wstsss withsas AhS Sar faee
oatist Disseversd ~ Taoe1>a
HtsA ssAse1 Professor
AAA ptadeAss,

There u . 49,. :. .-.sf - the crLse.
Mount Rainier. Its depth and tAteLt
~ not Anown, ane may neserbe. Ill
tscovsry Of the lake was made by Prof,
pan .. Flett, who has charge Of tia
botanical department Of the TacoM
sigh school, ard two men. ARTHUR lilies
lie and Frark Wsj 1louth, who are stu,
ieIp * tho high school, nay a Tacoma
Wash.) report I1hs three have made
ne ascent from tho sest side BY way OF
ne White river glncisr. The ascent wa,
made Saturday, July rs. the three spend
that night II an Ice cave N Crater
peak.
'ecert was made over long. Vas,
snownelds. and UP great reaches Of gla-
i.,s g4acilfA we're bisecteu with
nrrous crtvanDe, which caused tn
RS to aLgie back, and forth across
. o. the mountain. Much lin
,.oft ir this way. as the creyasse'
- b, soen nntil the climb RS wei
.epon them. 1t was after 81
y ~ srirs hefors thsys'
/ the rim CT Crater peak. A fu:-
wlrd. accom- panied by dr'irI
ew. simultaneously gathered over the
> OF 'hc rcuntain, and the three begar
,irr' FOR shelter.
ss'rc around the rim of the crater,
" vas observed issv.-f from hole
thr Aze OF mans hosv. and
4ftr through the hole. Prof. Flet'
A N''rself In q commcG!oua csvar'
bottom ~ which was conposfd o.
.''s ard volcanic ash NIL !ng NJ n
~ - the crater. while the roof co..
80 % the tcs fo.mei!nn covering n
e"'b oftss crater. Thr boys follower
- the chamber. and the three rcunf
.nislvee warmly and coEily housed
~ -.'rN. the dr~ stream coming M
~ how"ls Of the n opptain TEN.
- arctic atmosphere.
n .crcrber slopAd awsv toward IN
o' .he crater. ssrnesh,e 70 thr
,ntri.r ~ the crater rim. br. the .slope
sueh that tho three corla lie COW
''e 'a-cs stones without danger o.
.c'c me drrtening cavern b"
n~c' Flats s'rsrstoei
,'Vl ulb VTft aUt toitN0
- .,roat c''hr cavern o-t arcpe
aad aronrd we~mou,h. who YER
r.' '7.o the dar' moss ,bcrenth ard se
~ \ Az ne descended Re ,!rA.er
"Nns. carc'ull- 'yp,o~i-y rio ws'
,aSirg that tho rnoartsir berest"
',onc~ccr.Nad with passages. wt,r'
a'-.o '~.s ~ stssr hut prooat'
no ren,ote past vcrit,rr forth YER
$50 Tn three thor began ~ ,,i
e.. DOWN ~ irr'ire Soma cf.hee
s','a c'-.- all The rrrtitiorp rsparstiT
- rsseeers. sfsirst which = few OF
s'are- 'od red ard after ssndins hack
rrr,h'ior -osr fc- minnie ss thev 10.
asrrfsa RON side 10 eide Of the eaverns.
asy oould be heard sp.ashing into the
a. hera,'h.
TIE Is > has y. source IN the melting
NJ TN t-orccrdous crsrsities a. svcw
nat al, within N" c--ater. anS which L
un-,otr-llv arted mon In certsir por-
.'ors ~ no rr.ter h-' the -tesm ieir ris-
~ .rorr tse interior. Thsyp is 70 .r,-
'ere ort,s. rcr this ,~Hte~ over the rir
= no o,..o- ard = .hsr" were re low
esaes-tr-e. ~ the cr>,t OF the OLE m oun-
-is p~,'d roor f-cpge ard close Il no
.r.'e--,r rons chapel. leading dew
.s-au~N th~ hear. o. 'he norntair. TRY
'".s t~rnc--ry vert'o' nc pert-rp "" =
TIRE three w'tnss~ed an ircoyr-
'-ohl- ~r-rt sur-i-n from me srrrr
s-~s~t wr--,ns. sre o. tNs. ds~. which
- s-rf.v. descerdet TITO p.rss,ee
,''-- n way Of the old route by Glib
.-W-y ~~-'-
I'm 49, w-~ down they mot FIVE ours
sce- '-orr Settle. v-o wy" STARTING IA
~--~c'Ae -.c.~t. n which e~d~s-~r trey
49,. ruer~.s'ui. fhs~ reseh'~v ire Ytc-
- I'VE ~-..-~ Ne ~sv' t,v fNo~fev, ~
-aon. ,pvef rrett ard the two hoys went
.-er~c ~ lido OF ~. worr'.ir. eros.-
to- NE rc~'tv .~f rth<v Glaciers. ere
travIv sv-t-i-~ =. .~c,- ~srnn on ritys
eve-,e~'-i-~ tNs v'N"e viver p'e-ieY
ys~of. r1.tt bellows .hat the ror.e From
the ~sst side 10 e-~ ~ ne h~~~t That
eeu'd b. ssie~tsd, ~ s'ere -rsdierts BE-
I-s epH.-. there h.tr~ no dixsv preei-
pJes.. with re typii scVcwi-~s sSilvfrs
- rcek. ~ there II a. the cihvs,tsy see
d tire wer~tsiu, are - ssrpeYeus SHl
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