The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-08-16

time for coaches to leave for other in
teresting places, and watched it for
about thirty minutes. 1t is more
beautiful than the Fountain. 1t
plays from eight to twelve hours, ,du-
| ration thirty minutes, and 100 feet
high. The coaches leave the hotels
from 8 to $50 in the morning, stop
for lunch at twelve, and see the inter
esting things around the station.
THE Mammoth Paint Pots" There
is continuous bubbling up of mud.
Papa had been through the Park
about three years ago, and said the
Pots had changed great deal in so
g .ort q WHILE But they are still
beautiful Some of the hotels are
painted inside with the paint gotten
from these pots. At Thumb Paint
Pots there is bubbling all the time.
On the north side of the mud basin
the rim is low and forms the edge of
a fiat of pink and gray which is crack
ed and scanned. The Turquoise
Spring is a silent pool, about 100
| feet in diameter, and remarkable for
it's blue transparent water. 1t sides
and bottom are exquisitely colored.
The spring is attractive as being the
sole cold spring in this region OF
thermal waters.
The Prismatics Lake is the largest
and one of the most beautiful springs
in the Park. Its dimensions are $50
by 400 feet Over the central pit of
this spring the water is of a deep blue
color, changing to green towards the
margin, yet the shallower portions
of the lake surrounding the central
basin has a yellow tint gradually
shading into orange. Outside it's
rim there is brilliant red deposit,
| which shades into purples, browns,
and grays, all seemingly painted upon
a ground Of grayish white, which
forms the mould, built up of silicous
deposit, upon which the spring is sit
uated. The water is flowing off in
every direction, with constant wave
ike pulsations over the artistically
scalloped and slightly raised rim of
the lake, has formed succession OF
terraces, each a few inches in height,
down the slope of the mound.
| The hotels are located near the
most interesting things. The Old
Faithful Inn is a beautiful hotel, built
of logs cut from the Park. The hotel
is said to have cost $25O,OOO. There
are from 100 to 200 rooms in the
hotel. The fire places are about ten
feet wide and eight feet tall. 1t is
lighted by electric lights. The chan
deliers are built of logs. Steam heat
and water works are both in the
hotel. The Old Faithful geyser is
very near the hotel. Its eruptions
begin with few spasmodic spurts
during which considerable water is
thrown out; these are followed in from
five to eight minutes by a column of
hot water two feet in diameter, which
is projected upwards to a height of
125 to $50 feet, where it remains ap-
parently stationary for about three
minutes. The crater is an oblong
opening two by six feet on the inside,
and four by eight on the outside.
1t is about II feet above the level
surrounding. At night IA searchlight
is thrown on it from the observatory.
We had our faces toward the light,
the geyser between us and the light.
We could see all the colors of the
rainbow on the water and steam. 1t
is called the Old Faithful because it
plays SO regularly; it plays about
every hour and seldom varies. This
geyser [ think is the prettiest thing
of the kind in the Park. The Giant
geyser plays every IA to % days, and
plays for "a hours. We happened
there at the right time and were able
to see it for awhile. The guide said
the night it burst forth, it shook the
hotel and other buildings near. The
weather was beautiful while going
through the Park. There were no
snow storms, but the 5th of July we
got out of the coaches and had snow
balling.
The Mud Geyser consists OF several
large craters filled with blue, pasty
mud, one and all emitting ordors far
!, from agreeable. During 1898 the
visitors witnessed the most violent
, eruptions OF the geyser ever recorded.
/ The trees are still covered with mud.
, The Yellowstone Lake is the second
from the highest navigable lake in
the world. 1t is 7,7SS feet above the
t sea level. On the edge Of this lake is
: a boiling spring surrounded by the
, cold water in the lake. You catch a
5 fish and put it in this spring and it
will cook in three minutes. At night
/ the bears come down from the noun.
: tains to eat. One night 20 bears and
{ seven cubs came down, not all at the
same time, but about five or six at @
: time. We saw a great many deel
4 and elks.
4 Inspiration Point is considered by
/, many the best point to see and ap
/. preciate the vast immensity OF the
e canon. 1t is 1,5OO feet above the
s river. The brilliant coloring of the
: walls, and all colors of the RAINBOW
j can be seen from this point. Farther
# up the canon the Lower Falls can bt
4 seen, 1900 feet above the river
t More beautiful to look upon when the
!, sun is shining upon it, you can sex
e many beautiful rainbows
d Still farther up is the Upper Falls
V about 900 feet above the river. a:
t beautiful as the Lower Falls. 0ul
e FIVE days journey was ended July
7th. I was ready to go back ane
n see everything over again, but ha6
e to go on to see more things almos1
e as interesting.
u Our next stop was at Salt LAX,
n City where the Mormon Temple ant
l. Tabernacle are. The guide took III
t through the Tabernacle, showing u.
" the many wonderful things. We ar
|. not allowed TO go into the main audi
t torium, but were taken into the gal
u lery. The roof is called a self-sup
t porting roof There are no nails il
r the building. Wooden pegs are uset
8 and wrapped with raw hide. Thou
9 sands and thousands of yards OF raw
e hide we're used in the construction
e We stayed over day to be able t.
u hear the organ recital. 1t was tn
{ finest music / ever heard. There ar
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