La Junta tribune., 1915-09-04
YELLOWSTONE PARK.
ssory q The aights Of This woader.
land oe Nat~rc-All ~ Yoar
Teet Ftoa lnsplraA8oa P0int.

Since returning home many have
expressed the appreciation and pleas
ure derived from reading my letters
and at the same time seemed TO wish
more information upon the Yellow
stone Park. There 10 NO credit due
me. for were II not for your everlast-
ing persistence and the friendship
l bore you. should never have writ
ten = word. Much OF what follows
Is taken from what the lecturer or
guide told while showing US the Up
per 0eyser basin. His name Is
Todd, and I had heard OF him as far
away as San Francisco. as his fame as
q guide had preceded him Mt least
that far. He is a student Of medi-
cine In the State university OF Min
nesota at Minneapolis. and his faith
er is leading physician In that
city. was told that his earnings
for this summer. salary and other
wise. would exceed $4,000. Rather
profitable vacation work.
This guide walked backward and
talked at the. same time. thus hold
ing the constant attention Of those
that follow. His lecture naturally
deals very largely with the earth's
interior. Even Charlie Mcvey. our
own local geological expert. might
get pointers from him about this
worlds insides. He gave ~ his au-
thority. Prof. Bunson. IN eminent
German scientist. who holds that the
cause Of these geysers ID the thinness
Of the earth's crust At this point. the
surface water coming In contact with
the hot lava. He contends that the
difference between . hot spring and
. geyser IL In the aperture by which
they gain egress TO the surfacs-ths
hot spring having . smooth opening.
while the gsyssr must follow . spiral
Or circuitous course with an occa-
sioaal subtsrransan pocket whore.
from supsr-hsatins. steam u formed.
and when enough accumulatss II ~
conss stroag saosgh 70 raise or
force IL way through the weight Of
water In the opening above. thus
causing the seyser to play. - Il 10
called.
This accounts for the Irregularities
Of the geyser. ~ they vary In time
from about an hour 70 fifteen days.
between upheavais. Many such a.
"Oid Faithful" Daisy" "River-
side." the "Ohrotto." and many
others. play At regular intervals. and
you could at most Get your watch BY
their actions. Others vary many
hours. thus proving that they must
have some Interior steam space that
will give way before the weight Of
the water above. or possibly the vol
ume Of fssd watsr may change. thus
accounting for Il In that way. ]
saw but one mud seyser In the park
and Il throws mud but . few fest.
bat few years ago it became active
for Q short time asd scattered mad
aad other thick staff around for
quite distance. Luekily 10 one was
psssing that ~: at that time.
speak Of this sxceptioa 70 show
that ail he water cast W IL clear.
but Il 10 claimed that Il carries both
vegetable and niseral secrstions for
the bsautisul colosias Of the forma-
lions sad waters surrounding these
fountains aad geyssrs ~ the man.
moth bot sprinss. Il 10 said 70 b
mostly Vegetable. while In the Upper
Basin Il IL largely miaeral Or silesia.
The guide got off . rather good
one while showing the Emerald
sprins. With . siisht trace Of steam
iasulng from its surface. He said
that strange - u might appear. Il
fross over 10 wtnter and while = par-
y Of soldiers we're skasias on Il. one
broke through aad scaldsd bis foot.
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