The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1919-08-22
From +. r. Bullock.


Dear Tom:
have just returned from the Park. |
Three Of US went upon fishing trip
of five days--Chas. Lewis, a conductor |
on the y. i. X. r., Geo. l.. Penny and
your Uncle Dudley. We went up the
valley Of the Yellowstone River FROM
here To Gardiner, the northern en-
trance to the Park. The road leads
past the famous Emigrant Peak and
historic Emigrant Gulch, where -
many of the old gold seekers located
and tried their fortunes in early days.
The scenery is very fine all the way
and one can never tire Of the chang
ing view Of valley. mountain and fine
ranches. Placer mining Is carried on
at the gulch. only now il Is being done
by company with steam drcdgcs IN
stead of the old miners pan and
rocker.
About 80 miles from Livingston the
road turns east, following the river
through Yankee Jim" Canon, where
Il II built along very steep cliffs OF
metamorphic rock Of "gneiss" for
nation. 1t makes one hold his breath
aud hang ON to the seat with both
hands while passing around the sharp
turns where the road is hung 300 10
| 900 feet above the river which look
like little creek below.
At Gardiner, 90 miles from Living.
ston. Is the famous arch, built OF
black basalt OF lava blocks. This Is
the place where President Roosevelt
dedicated the Park.
At Gardiner the road leaves the
Yellowstone River and leads up to-
Mammoth Hot SPRING., through the
| Gardiner River Canon. Here II al
very interesting geological condition.
| The walls ON the left being Of hard
sandstone. and ON the right OF volcanic
brcccia, or debris. without stratiiica.
| ton. This loose formation is slowly
si,hng IN 90 the Gardiner River, and
! has destroyed well constructed road
with cement retaining walls. The
! engineers then blasted out a road
along the cliff ON the left side. From
! Gardner to Mammouth the road ~
very fine. although steep. IL is Kept
free from loose ruck and sprinklcd.
At Mammoth Is the largest hot
spring in the world. 4 whole noun
tain mas been formed by the travcr-
! tine or carbonate of lime deposit
| brought up IA solution by the many
boiling Syringe. When the hot water
| reaches the surface and cools and T.
| spread, rapid evaporation take
place, and the lime H. deposited ~
MANY colorcd cOlurcd terraces. This
process goes on until the dcpus II
reaches such "A height that the inter
nal pressure will no longer force up
the water Ia the top. Then the intcl
nal pressure opens a channrl IN "A new
place and the building process goes
On again. |, H. claimed tnut the How
Is diminishing, particularly THE year
OF drought. OF course all oi the hot
water has once been cold and has
tricklcd down through the earth until
il came into contact with the hot lime
rock buried deep IN the earth. The
hot water dissOlvcs the limestone and
brings Il up IN solution. | cannot
describe IN this short letter the beauty
of the many colOfcd hot pools or the
dclicacy of the terraces. II has To he
seen 10 be- properly appreciated.
From Monmouth the road crosses
the Gardiner River, ON bridge about
100 feet high and 400 feet long. There
is an ascending grade of Is miles,
then IA descending grade fOr . miles,
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