The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-11-26
LAVA DROPS TO
LOWER LEVEL AGAIN

TECHNOLOGY STATION. K'lauca.
November 21.-For this weel, there is
niue 10 report concerning tho eruptive
"c'ioh at kilauea, for, though the
white fumes continue TO diminish in
Voiuhe' they are still sufficiently thick
10 ven the pool by day when hard
Winds are biowing,-and for several
uays past the NE winds have been
strong and gusty. Also rain, especial
AT nlght, has interfered with useful
observation.
During the latter part of the week
previous to this the upper part of the
niiAuean ava column, its top visible
IN Halemaumau, was undergoing rapid
enahge In appearance and activity.
inns continued during the first part Of
TINS present week. For a long poriod
the action of eruption had been imped-
ed oy the great quantities of solidiRed
iaVa which had plunged in upon the
top OF the column during its subsidence
In August. Gradually this mass was re-
melted by the excess heat brought from
the depths by the ever-rising magma
until near the completion of this action
the lava lake IN Halemaumau began to
resume its normal character.
Single Lake of Fire.
On Friday night November Is. all
the various pools described in recent
reports, having expanded in area until
they had joined, made once more a
single lake of magma, occupying prac.
tlcally the entire area at the bottom of
the Halemaumau pit. This lake exhi-
blted the normal character OF one of
the common phases of Kilauean activi.
~ IL was coated over with thin
pack crust OF solid or viscOus lava
winch continually tore apart or crack
e"i nowsng a'out IN streams Large
,.ant; v"o u tni9 elust were hurried INTO
- ,olsiSeo "i'oieNei there were areas OF
80 gus containing and there were
s;,,a s"ai'o%vu ,.,'s Up. lne Missing ana expio-
s.He' "heeZihg sounds so characteristic
ol recent weeks were no longer heard.
iS ,me onuintiy iitIy 7, rsnlng Oh tne toun-
tbo lake was verv activo ,lI tho ,noyo
violent features of a.tyit,, bo5 'Sonart
od ,,,itb +Lo brooI.;,,.s ~ -,
orifoos ~ ~ t%ioi1 ILL., Ip o. .ne '"oNeu
N''.eN " "'
Hloie noillnB foolA
Besides the fountain-o orifce of Old
Faithful, which remained constantly
open, there were boiling pools near the
margin of the lake at the east and west
ends, and at the southeast cove. Be-
yond the lake to the west was an open
fountain orifice above the level of the
lake at an altitude estimated at twenty
feet. Also at higher altitude, pos
sibly seventy-five feet above the sur
face of the lake, a glowing cash was
seen on ledge to the north of the mar
Uin A llffla oh h. loIy -
southeast angle was an active fumarole
from which blue fame of burning gas
rose, nutterlng lazily.
The surface of the lake slowly rose
and fell through a small range as was
attested by times when the entire rim
was broken and fire.marked with long
shore-bank. At alternate intervals
overflow at the margin was seen.
Dropped Thirty Feet
Aftor o;nto;n;n .I,;.
,eva1 Of annro~;,, ts,,' .n1s aso Pnase at
tbo oostorp ri,1, ~ 80 81; S.o iee. 81 oe.ow
Iowed a anbsidaneo of tha l,uaI M.
M q emo ioLa Sronnoa 80 -. u
forfv feet mn nreciso reosnro ha;n1 oS
toined Ieayind = fresh ,,art;oaJ S ,,,,ti, -
tbis bei1b+ oSom+ +bo ,narc,n AZ.
peninsula reformed, jutting out from
the south margin into the lake, partly
dividing it. With this subsidence came
partial re-choking of the vent accom-
panied with an increase in the apparent
energy of eruption. The Old Faithful
orifice boils and splashes with vigor
as great as on the evening of November
13, time when it had first resumed its
normal character as boiling fountain
orifce. This is the present state of ac-
tivity.
One Slight Quake.
Only one earthquake has been record
ed during the past week-a local shock