The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-09-09
"WESTLAND TRAILS
(By H. c. REAGAN
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CHAPTER TWELVE
(Continued)
THE TRAIL THROUGH
WONDERLAND
WONDERLAND

indeed was the reception and it demon
strated the warm sociability and gen.
eral good fellowship can be enjoyed.
The large dining room was decorated
to suit the occasion. The Senator and
Spencer were taken in hand by the
male portion of the hotel guests and
Winnie and the Senator's wife were
entertained by the women. All were
shown over the vast building and the
surrounding grounds. After which the
great event was staged. The hotel
being short distance away from Old
Faithful Geyser after which the Inn
was named. The King of the Geysers
is Old Faithful which has been making
its regular salutations for all we know
since the morning stars sang together.
1t was discovered and named by the
Washburn Doane party of the explora-
ton in 1870 and is the most reknown
of all the geysers. 1t plays with scar
cely variation every sixty-tive min
utes night and day to height of 125
to $50 feet, the eruption continuing
for 5 to s minutes and the quantity of
water it is stated to be expelled each
time is 100000 gallons or 33,225,OO
gallons each day. Approaching within
a proper distance just previous to the
time of eruption the party waited. The
water and steam gradually arose to
the normal height and during the play
it represented grand and beautiful
sight. The spray floating away in
miniature rainbows showing in the
clouds of mist, the falling waters
splashing at the foot of the geyser and
running away to add its volume to the
Fire Hole River. Nature was demon
strating to man one of her curious ac-
tons which mystifys the average mind
who behold this wonderful geyser.
Various expulsion of water and steam.
AS soon as the action had reached the
limit of its power the water began to
recede and the column gradually settl-
ed down into the pool The basin is
composed of a silieious formation
which is very hard around the pool and
edges.
The amazement and general feeling of
awe having passed over, the Senator
asked Spencer if he could advance any
theory as to the cause of the action or
operation. Spencer told him that to
his mind the underground structure
was of peculiar form or in the shape
of U tube one end of this tube being
open to the atmosphere. The other
end was the inlet from the source of
steam and water. The tube might be
of large area at the bottom which
formed the large basin for the great
amount of water which was expelled.
The action being caused by the inflow
of water into this tube or reservoir
and filling it up cutting off the outlet
to the atmosphere so the steam cannot
escape. The pressure becoming great
er all the time until it balances the
water in the tube, then the pressure
plus the water head gives the water a
high velocity causing the column to
rise and discharge the water from the
tube until the water permits the steam
pressure to again escape at the outlet
and to repeat this cycle over again for
ages. Spencer explained the estimated
volume of water that was expelled
each day. 1t was an interesting re-
view to those who had heard the
theory advanced by Spencer. Among
those who had listened to Spencer was
an elderly man whose appearance pro-
claimed him to be hardy son of the
soil, with long chin whiskers which he
was nervously pulling and who seemed
to be interested in listening to Spen-
GERS explanation. After while he
spoke up and said, "By Gosh, wish I
had that tarnal thing on my ranch"
He was asked to what use he would
put it. He winked his eye and said
Me and the old woman might get
along better. / would sure use that
water to an advantage, especially on
wash day. I sure would put up tank
and pipe it to the house where | would
put in tank on the top story which
would always be full. Me and the old
lady would not scrap so much on wash
day. Say l don't like to carry water
or cut wood, say a fellew might save
some coal in winter, steam heat" A
smile ran through the assembly. Spen-
Ger figured the horse power developed
by the geyser during it's eruption TAX
ing the average discharge to be 1,00,-
900 gallons to a height of 1875 feet to
be 4,715,900 or 1,037, 498 H. P. in
twenty-four hours. The rural gentle
man said that SIRE would do some