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Title: The Pacific tourist : Adams & Bishop's illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean ... : a complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ...
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Williams, Henry T Miller, Joaquin, 1837-1913. Great Plains and desert. 1881
Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company Central Pacific Railroad
Publisher: New York : Adams & Bishop
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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wning won-ders of the region. The MaiiiiHofh WJiite Moinifain HotSprings,—This group of springs, is one of themost remarkable within the limits of the Na-tional Park, and as far as is known, has not itsequal in grandeur in the world. The Te TarataSpring of New Zealand, is the nearest approachto it in appearance, but the formation is ofa different character; the Gaidiners RiverSprings depositing calcareous material, whilethat in New Zealand is siliceous, like the depositsin the geyser region of Iceland, and inoiu- owngeyser basins, at the head of the INIadison. Theexploring party of 1870, did not discover thesesprings, and the Ilayden Ex)>loring Expeditionof 1871, was the first organized party that evervisited them. Leaving the Yellowstone, wc keep some 300or 400 feet above the level of the river for acouple of miles, passing several small lakes,when wc descend to the bank of (Gardinerslliver, on the eastern side of which is a liighbluff of cretacfjous sandstones capped with a ;43
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MTS. HAYDEN AND MORAN. layer of volcanic rock. On the ed^e of thestream, we pass over a hard, calcareous crust,in which we find several warm spiings. At onepoint we pass a considerable stream of hot water,revealed by the clouds of steam rising fromiti flowing from beneath the crust into the river.Turning to the right, we ascend the hill, madeof the same calcareous deposit, which gives foith a hollow sound beneath the tread of our horses.This hill must have been the scene of activesprings ages ago. Now, however, the deposithas crumbled, and is overgrown with pines.The springs once were much more numerousand far more active than at present. Ascending the hill, and turning to the left, wecome suddenly upon the marvelous scene. Be- 344 TME ^^CIFI€ r&W^iBT. foe us stands one of the finest of natures archi-tectural efforts, in a mass of snowy wliite de-posits, 200 feet high. )t has the appearance ofsoma grand cascade that has been suddenly ar-rested in its descent, and frozen. The spr

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