The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-07-02
.KILAUEA ACTIVE;
LAVA RISING
Fire Level Spurts Fify-Two Feet
In One Day-Week's Rise
Seventy-Nine Feet.

The lava level in the FIRE pit of Kill
auea. which had been steadily gone
down until June 21, began to climb on
that date at an average of eighteen
feet day, making an extraordinary
squirt on Monday and Tuesday, in the
course of twenty-four hours rising ff-
ty two feet. The report to The Adver
tiser from Professor Jaggar, for the
week ending Thursday, says:
TECHNOLOGY STATION, Kill
lAUEA, June 81, 1912.-During the past
week the Halemaumau lava pool reach
ed its low level just at the time of the
summer solstice and turned, rising ra-
pidly Immediately thereafter.
The following were the lava levels of
the week:
June 81, 1910 pm, 1928 feet below
east station; June 90, 11:2o am, 329
feet below east station; June "a, 2:45
pm, 1923 feet below east station; June
25, pm, 2s1 feet below east station;
June &c, $50 pm, 265 feet below
north station; June "a, pm, 249 feet
below north station.
The average depth of lava surface
below rim for the week has been 2S2
fleet. The general sinking, which be-
gan late in May after the rise to the
200-foot level Of May %, continued to
June %, Stacking during the four days
preceding that date to an average of
feet per day, and rising from the 23rd
to the 9th June at an average rate
of Is feet per day, with an extraordi-
mary leap of So feet in the twenty.four
l. Ta1na
With the change from falling to ris.
ing there was the usual diminution OF
visible vapor from the Tuning patches
around the walls of the pit, so that
at present the lake is very clearly Wis
ible at times and presents fine spec
tacle with active fountains and stream
ers. 1t is rising steadily and today
overfowed the bench of May 90. Thai
, bench, however, is far below it's orig
inal level, in consequence of recent
slumping.
On June 81 there was a very slow cur
rent eastward, much of the pool being
nearly stationary. The walls had fal
len in on the bar across the lava a
the west end, obliterating the pool be
hind the bar. There was no othe
change except that a portion of TIN
wall had fallen at the northwestern
bend of the inner cliff. On June % TIN
current from the west was in motion
the east end of the pool was in ebul
. lition, and the tunnel under the fun
5 ing vents was much in evidence at tn
edge of the pool in the south cove.
On the 24th signs of rising were evi
dent, the fumes less dense, "0ld Faith
ful' fountain larger, no stalactite
l visible under the banks, the west en-,
D wall glowing some distance above tn
pool, and small fountains numerous
June 25, after the great rise eastward
current was strong, "Old Faithful
: and another shifting fountain playe
: frequently, and general activity o.
shores and in the pool was marked
4 This condition continued to the git
h when the bench was overlooked and
j. large three-sided cone was formed OF
!, posite the south cove with active Law
t sputter in its center.
s The weather of the week has bee
J., fair daytimes with misty rain at nigh
}. and much cloudiness. The 9th was
, rainy day, very respectfully,
v t. A. JAGGAR, Director.
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