Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20

tinent south of Alaska. This is Mount
Orizaba. which is surpassed only by
Mount Mckinley
Orizaba City itself is as high as the
top OF the Aleghenes. but IL l. sur
rounded by coffee plantations and the
thermometer there was ninety degrees in
the shade. while the hot. humid air va.
that of the tropics. The perspiration
stood on my face looked up at the
top Of the mountain above me and
its mantle Of perpetual SNOW.
Mount Orizaba is over ls.Np feet high
and il is harder to ascend than Fopo-
catapetl The first men who ever reached
the top some of our American
officers during the Mexican war, and the
next man who went up was a French
man He made the ascent in 1851 and
found on the peak tattered American
flag floating from staff in which ~a-
cut the date 1913. A few years later
this same Frenchman attempted a second
ascent and nearly lost his life while do
ing SO
The present starting point for Mount
Orizaba is a little village al the snow
line. and am told that there are several
dry caves on the way near the tran.
where one can camp during the trip
The peak is shaped like great anthill
and an iron cross now surmounts H.
There are no avalanches. and one may
take mat and ride down just as on
PopocatapetL
In addition TO these mountains Mexico
has many other volcanoes. the most al
them extinct but some liable TO break
out into action. The region about Guada
laiara has been recently troubled with
earthquakes and many think 1t onis a
question of time when that. one OF the
largest cities of Mexico, will disappear
The volcano of Colima. which is more
than two miles in height. Is perpetuaiiH
active and nearby is splendid volcanic
peak. FL Nevada which is as tall as
and oil CT
Lima is frequently hidden by the dense
"A masses of steam which are always ron
y y ing out of its crater and at night TINS
-. steam is colored with names. Inc crater
- Is almost circular and il has a diameter
20 of about one-third of a mile. III IS more
-, than 100 feet deep.
Mount Colima has had many eruptions.
:, and a half dozen violent ones within the
~ past three centuries. Its eruptions are
;s usually accompanied by earthquakes.
~ when it throws out ashes "hch eoNtr
IA the sky for many miles, flying as FAR as
=. Guadalajara, Zacatecas and San LulS
- Potosi.
{. One of the queerest volcanoes of Mex
- leo is Mount Jorulo which is still steam
z; ing This mountain rises out of rich
~ farming district which was once as Hat
:. as a floor. Then all at once there was
II a rumbing of the earth and in the midst
IA of a great estate of indigo and sugar
volcano rose in the form of great biad-
der TO height of Loo feet IL then
burst The mud came forth in sheets
IL Clouds of steam assembled and all the
20 country about was covered with rocks
:, and ashes and molten lava.
Two large streams were swallowed up
N by the eruption and some distance away
r two new rivers burst forth The erup-
III ton continued for nearly year. and now
ID the steam issues here and there through
e cracks in the earth. The crater is about
If coo feet deep. Its area is about eighty
acres. and | am told that the volcanic ASH
m of which il is composed produces excel
m lent crops.
l. FRANK q. CARPENTER.