The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1920-06-03

country that contain miniature lakes; but there
is only one really great caldera of this kind IN te
world-only one immense basin apparently 1ofl''e"
through the complete melting by intense he',c "
the entire core of great volcano, ana the laiiis
in and utter disappearance through suDterrafsean
caverns of it's massive bulk.
The tjtanic CONFUSION that formed this remark
able beauty-spot no human eye witnessed: 1eoio
gsts have concluded that ages ago, IN the great
chain of volcanic mountain peaks when tooay eN
tends from Washington to Californla-among theih
Mt Rainier Mt Hood, Mt. Adams, Mt JEFFERSON
Three Sisters, Mt Mclaughlin, Mt. Shasta and Las
sen Peak-there lowered one, which has oeen
called Mount Mazama that may have topped the
tallest of it's fellows. Judging from the pltch
of the remnants Of it's outer slopes, sc1efltlss co
cude with reasonable certainty that, II recon
structed its snow-clad peak would rise from
seven to eight thousand feet above its broken
RIM Mazama stands today uneroWned KING
shorn of it's dadem of burning gold ana gntterlns
silver yet holding within its heart treasure ths
rarest in the world-a beautiful lake, the deepest
of all lakes, with waters the bfuest Oh Oil piue
waters. And this Is Crater lake.
Crater lake is almost circular, varying from nve
to six miles in diameter. Its known depth is 2,O0o
feet and it is believed to be the deepest body OF
fresh water in the world. Its surface Is 6,I''
feet above the sea. It has inlet or outlet being
fed by springs and winter SHOWS; Its water es'
capes by underground channels, renppearing as
It is completely girdled by precipitous cliffs and
steep talus slopes that fall sharply downward
from it's rim 1000 to 600 feet to the waters edge
Closely encircling it rise many high peaks, notably
LAO Rock The Watchman and Cloud Cap; also
Glacier, Garfield and Vidae Peaks.
Surrounded by canyons ravines and pinnacled
rocks and belted by wilderness Of boulder
strewn forests the region for years was lnacces'
sible and unexpored except by the more ven'
turesome who were attracted by stories Of the
Indians Of this mystery lake in its fantastic set:
ting Yet its discovery was accidental; 1t &C.
Cured in 1853 while exploring party was
searching in the Cascade mountains for the fam:
GUS Lost Cabin mine.
A dispute arose over the choice of name, the
party dividing between Mysterious lake and Deep
Blue lake. The advocates Of Deep Blue lake won
the vote, but in 1860 visiting party renamed 1t
Crater lake, and this by natural right became Its
title
The first sight Of Crater lake is well-n1gh be"
wildering. Unless looked into from the rim 1t IS
invisible Wonderment at the height and steep
ness of its encircng cliffs succeeds the first as
constituent; admiration of the loneliness Of Its
coloring next enthralls the behOlder in the Sc
uuenc1 of impressions. Its unique beauty lies IN
no small measure in its cooring, the briliiance
of which if reproduced in painting or print woulo
seem exaggerated and impossible to those who
have not seen the reality. Nowhere else is there
such an azure One feels that glass of its wa
ter would show blue as if stained with cobalt, but
it is clear as crystal and as pure. The deeper
parts are a brilliant ultramarine, shading to
turquoise in the shallower reaches, and to light
Jade green in the few indented coves around the
shore hundred feet down the glaze Of plate
is nlainly discarnible. The surroundings help the
brilliance of the blue; the rocks are of metallic
hues; the peaks Of the rim are often snow covered
the lava gray of the steep SCARED walls is notified
and splotched with bright yellows and reds, mark
0Thc lyv0V
there Is the dark green of the pines and frs and
shrubs that grow these declivities wherever
they find 'root-hold The waters are usually plac
3D. cleaning as though glazed by the sun. and II
this mirror of Nature the refectleas Ef4a1 CIV
with astounding distinctness-