The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-03

tana, 81 much interest. In describing
the trip through the Park,th writer finds
himself at a loss how to begin. how to
proceed and how to end.
A volume of encyclopedia dimensions,
the vocabulary of an unabridged dictic-
nary, the coloring of Rembrant, the po-
etc genius ot Dante or Milton, would
altogether fail in conveying to the read
er what the spectator may see in this
wonderful, beautiful, picturesque, grand,
and terrible Wonderland"
We think few visitors realize until they
see. how great the number Of variety of
the wonders there. Geysers, that spout
boiling water and steam hundreds
Of feet in the air, at intervals, some as
regular as clock, others go off when
they are ready, some of the small ones
every few minutes, some larger in hours
or days. others in months or years. Some
just overflow, som" "splutter" some form
/, miniature fountains, some toss vast mass
es OF water twenty to fifty feet in the air,
and some throw streams from one to
four feet diameter, hundreds of feet
perpendicularly, as though issuing from
the nozzle Of a fire engine. The geysers
"play" mostly according to size, the
smaller ones few minutes, and some of
the larger ones for hours. The typical
geyser, which is at once the wonder and
admiration of all visitors is ''Old Faith
full" This geyser is remarkable for its
Regularity of flow and its size. Every
sixty-fve minutes, day in and day out,
up goes perpendicular stream OF water
from one hundred to one hundred and
fifty feet in the air, accompanied by huge
curling cloudes Of vapor, and after five
or six minutes it subsidies to rest an hour.
The eruption is one Of the most beaut,-
full things possible, and the picture is one
that perhaps most strongly impresses
the memory of the tourist.
How many spouting geysers there are
in the Park we do not know, but those
of considerable size must be numbered
by the score, while Of smaller ones there
may be hundreds. OF pools. varying in
size from foot to several rods in dame
ter, there are thousands, while holes,
crevices, emitting sounds underground,
boiling or steaming, are found in all sorts
of places, and the number is innumera-
Bile. The waters Of the pools, are Of vary
ing degrees Of heat. and many too hot to
more than touch with the finger. Most
Of them giving off steam from the surface
and many Of them are in constant state
of ebullition. and some are very violent
ly agitated by ascending steam and gases.
The contrast in the beauty Of some
and the horribleness of others Of these
pools, sometimes separated by only a few
feetis another Of the wondrous features
otIthe park. No v ords can describe, no
painter can picture the clear, deep. trans
parant blues and green's of the waters
and sides and bottoms of some Of these,
while the boiling upheavals Of liquid,
dirty mud in5 others, hold the eye in
awe. in their yery horribleness.
Blow holes" as we said are verynum-
erous. and have many methods Of Tex
preston. " These have no water in|
sight 81 perhaps Just dribbling water on
the snrface. and may BE onlS an inch in
diameter. The Devils Pump, is al
dry hole about q foot oa more ia diam-
eter and away down in its depths one.
hears the 'old man. pumping away iii
regular strokes. AT Norris Basin,
which has more Of the terribl than any
other part 81 me park. one walks across
q tornaation 4 ifoS Two 81 three hundred
ystds IN I board wall. over hundreds Of
|of these blow hole and 81 ne foot of|
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