Oxford eagle., 1907-09-12
Yellow S,onc E-.i--.. P-.rk,
| Saw L.

AsI mentioned to you before
the Log Depot and the Stone
Arch. ! will now tell you Of some
II the first things TO be seen upon
entering the Park.
First, YOU viii notice 4 nice
herd Of antelope grazing upon the
alfalfa and along the mountain
side near by. extyou Will come
10 the irrigation fumes where the
water runs seemingly up hill,
this Is 4 mystery 10 the tourists.
The stage road soon enters the
Gardiner canyon. following along
the beautiful Gardiner river. over
one Of the most attractive drives
in the Park. passing beneath
Eagle Nest Rock where the can
Won cliffs are fully l.J00 feet
abcve the roadway. for Eve miles
tbis beautiful scenery continues,
then you Will come 70 Mammoth
Hot Springs. the tarrsce-building
hot springs Of Yellowstone Park,
which are the most remarkable
development OF thermal action 10
be found. occupying several
acres. with many distinct ter
races and springs. The present
active portion of the Hot Springs
l. l1caJci on the eastern slope Of
Terrace Mountain. from hf-y 10
;nree hundred fee: above the
plateau upon which the Nam
moth Hotel. Fort yellow stone,
and several buildings are con-
structed. This plateau was for
merly Al active portion Of the
bot spring. IL contains many
extinct craters and openings,
some OF them l7csirg into I'M
uense caves, but the presence Of.
obnoxious fumes and gases makes
1t impossible for any one = ex-
pl0re chem.
Liberty CAP is also found here,
it Is an exJiscJ hos spring cone.
standing near the road. lfty-two
feet high and twenty feet in IL
ameter at It's base. Its formed
oi overlapping layers Of deposit.
evidently having been built up
b. the overi1w os water through
the oriEce in the top. Scientists
nave been unable u decide
whether ii was bu.ltup indeDerd-
emily 0r formed By the acton Of
the elements wearing away the
soft material surrounding il. \
cone II similar structure. but
smaller called tine Devils Thumb.
is located some 200 feet west Of
Liberty Cap. partially im5ca1ed
in the hillside.
The Minerva Terrace Is ais
found here. its 4 mass II deposit
forty feel IN height. covering an
area ot nearly three f3urths of an
acre. with q h1J spring on the
suul.t some twenty feet II li-
aDete-. the temperature ot which
:, a. tie edge IL degrees FAN
reGhelt.
The constant changing of the
overflow and the intermittent
character OF the sprias make Il
IN possible 10 predict. = sezs 2 in
advance. which MI be the active
side e. tle terrace. or whether II
WIa te aelve q, all. - times
tie spring disappears entirely.
zad tie terrace remains inactive
and uainterestiI- IN consequence
fer months. The change II over
low, when the spring j. active.
! accounted for ~ the rapid de-
P slrI0n of carbonate OF lime.
which forces the water eventual
y over the entire surface. The
quantity Qf water overflowiny i
very small compared with the
amount 01 deposits which. under
favorable circumstances. Is about
one sixteenth q an inch in fouri
days. Articles Of iron. glass. or!
any hand substance placed where
the water can run over them. are
soon coated with a crystal white
deposit. During periods of ac-
uE4ty, basins or pools, fringed
with s.alactitic masses, line the
east side of the terrace. present.
ing the most beautiful colo-;na,.
from the ightest cream at the
top to the deepest shades Of vel
low 1T tae base, the predominant
ag color being bright grange.
each pool or basin being filed !
with transparent blue water
The elevation (about twenty /
feet hign) Immediately back of
the terrace Is an excellent po.ntl
from which 70 obtain q good view /
oi the interior Of the spring. /
Ihe largest and most beautiful /
d the group Is Jubiter Terrace. |
which extends some eco feetl
along the edge CT the high mound
oi bril- antly celOred DEPOSIT i'm
nediately south Of Minerva Ter I
race. The TWO large springs of
boiling water, fully 100 feet in /
dlamater, supply the main ter
race, seen from the driveway.
Away from the road. a short
distance from Jubiter Terrace, |
you may find the following at
fractions, Narrow Guace Ter
race, a hssure ridge 800 feet long.
when active Is filed with nin:a-
ture geysers and springs which
the most brilliant color
ing. Orange Geyser, on the Ter
race above Narrow Guace. Is
greatly admired by all visitors.
L consists Of an oblong mound of
deposit some twenty feet high !
and about thirty feet in diameter. /
The active Little geyser on its
and the brilliant colOrinc
are the chief alterations