The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-06-13
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While on our trip down here last fall
ne spent sig days in the Yellowstone
National Park.
We pulled into Gardiner, the north
entrance Of the Park, on the morning
Of Aug. 6. 1911. Here We stopped to
get our guns sealed and permit to take
our dog, Browny, through the Park.
When gun is sealed. = United States
Officer take it ard fastens seal about
the hammer, 70 that the gun can not
be fired until the seal is broken. II
the seal is broken before the gun leaves
the Park the owner 10 arrested and q
large penalty 10 imposed. This method
is taken to prevent the shooting of the
animals.
Dogs also are not allowed in the Park
unless the owner receives q permit
from the Government and even then
the dog is liable to be shot by the sold
iers, il not kept chained.
Only few of the interesting most
thingswe saw can BE- mentioned. On our
way to the Mammoth Hot Springs We
followed Gardiner River and passed
Boiling River place where hot water
Rushes up in the middle of the river.
We camped near Fort Yellowstone for
dinner and that after noon we went up
to the Mammoth Hot Springs and saw
the Terraces. Bath Lake. The Devils
Kitchen. Orange Geyser ard Iron
Spring.
On top of the main terrace there is
small lake; from the center and sides
Of which hot wate. boils up. This
water is highly charged with minerals
and as it pours down over the sides
of the Terrace it coats the rocks Civ
ing them the appearance of ice that
has been tinted or painted in various
coiors. The water of Bath Lake is
hot and suitable for bathing.
A. the Mammoth Hot Spring we saw
the Devils Kitchen which is the crater
OF dormant hot spring. 1t is about
twenty five feet deep, fifty feet long
ten feet wide, and is entered from a
small hole at its top, The atmosphere
within is very warm and bats are abund-
ant
AS we-came back to camp we could
see the Buffalos grazing in their past
ures one half mile south west of the
Hot Springs. They were about twenty
four in number.
The next day we passed Obsidian
Cliff. Beaver Lake, twin lake, Roaring
mountain and the Devils Frying Pan.
Obsidian Cliff is composed of black
volcanic glass. This form of rock is so
hard that it cannot be drilled for blast
ing. There fore. when the road which
passes about its base was constructed,
they broke the rock into pieces by
heating it with fires built on it and then
pouring on cold water, this caused the
rock to crack and break, so that it
could be removed,
Roaring Mountain is composed most
ly of sulphur. Steam escapes from it in
many places causing great noise
which can be heard miles away.
The Devils Frying Pan is a pool of
water boiling up like grease in red
not skillet.
mat evening we camped on Obisidian
Creek, where the road forks and after
supper we went over to the Norvis
Geysrr Basin, here we saw hot spr-
ings and Geysers that at regular times
shot hot water high into the air.
AS We were coming back to damp we
saw two large black bears.
The next morning we were up early
and as | was getting break fast, three
deer came out of the woods nearby and
fed around camp until we left.
Before starting went down to the
Greek to get pail of water withwhich
to extinguish the camp fire. Here
saw some beaver dams. houses and
even some of the beavers at work.
That day we camped near the ccmant
bridge that crosses the Yellowstone
River above the canyon. That after
room after fishing while and catching
SIX large Salmon trout, we went down
to the CANYON which is certainly gr-
and sight to behold. Its walls are from
eight hundred to a thousand feet high
and are streaked with all the colcrs of
the rainbow.
At its head are thu Yellowstone Falls
where the Yellstonc Riverpours over a
precipice three hundred and fifty feet
high. When the water hits the bottom
nt the canyon it is dashed into foam
ana spray shoots high into the air. A
rainbow can be seen snreadinn acroSS