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Title: The Yellowstone National Park : a manual for tourists : being a description of the Mammoth Hot Springs, the geyser basins, the cataracts, the cañons and other features of the land of wonders ... also an appendix containing railroad lines and rates, as well as other miscellaneous information
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Winser, Henry Jacob, 1823-1896
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Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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azure water, called the Beautiful Blue-crested Spring, which almostlaves the base of the Castle, a towering column of steam, rushing out of thethroat of the Giant like an evil genius ready for mischief, marks the sceneof another group of important geysers. The Giant, with high cleft cone,stands close by the river. He is surrounded by a number of noisy retainers,of whom one named Young Faithful is the most vociferous. These all are con-stantly serving as vents for their brooding master, only ceasing their turbu-lence and cowering as in mute terror whenever his paroxysms of rage becomeungovernable. A short distance to the left of this Colossus is the Grotto,whose labyrinths are thickly encrusted with pearls of dazzling lustre. Upona gentle acclivity, not far to the westward, the Splendid, a youngand energetic geyser, improvises a majestic column at least oncein three hours, which it decks with luminous vapor like drapery ofsilver sheen. Then further on toward the south, near the extreme
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OLD FAITHFUL GEYSER IN ACTION. OLD FAITHFUL. 45 end of the Basin, are the Fan, with diverging jets, and theRiverside, rearing itself from the very brink of the stream, each beingfrequently in action, the last named shooting a strongly curved col-umn, which breaks into spray and falls into the water like threads of gleam-ing light that sparkle and flash with the effulgence of the rainbow which isvisible in the surrounding vapor. There are no less than 440 springs andgeysers, according to the report of Dr. Haydens latest survey, in the UpperGeyser Basin. Of these, at least twenty-six are known to be really geysers.Among the springs are scores the astonishing beauty of which, with respectto the color, depth and translucency of the water and the wonderful deli-cacy, variety and richness of the silicious crystallizations, are not to bedescribed. Geysers exist, it is true, in Iceland and New Zealand, but thereare none to be found in groups so magnificent as here, nor are they likelyto be re

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