. Haynes' guide to Yellowstone Park. ELECTRIC PEAK. of perpetual snow are in sight throughout the the north about eight miles is Electric Peak, thehighest mountain in the northern part of the Park,whose summit is 11,125 ^^^^ above sea level, derivingits name from the fact that a great deposit of mineralsrenders the workings of the surveyors transit impos-sible when on the mountain. The peculiar electricaldisplay from its rugged peaks during a thunder stormis a sight witnessed by only a favored few. The drivecontinues south through Swan Lake Basin, nearly up-on the same level, to Norr
. Haynes' guide to Yellowstone Park. ELECTRIC PEAK. of perpetual snow are in sight throughout the the north about eight miles is Electric Peak, thehighest mountain in the northern part of the Park,whose summit is 11,125 ^^^^ above sea level, derivingits name from the fact that a great deposit of mineralsrenders the workings of the surveyors transit impos-sible when on the mountain. The peculiar electricaldisplay from its rugged peaks during a thunder stormis a sight witnessed by only a favored few. The drivecontinues south through Swan Lake Basin, nearly up-on the same level, to Norris, crossing Gardiner andWillow Creeks, the two forming the middle GardinerRiver. TOUR OF THE PARK. 2/ The ADoUinaris Spring is on the east side of the roadnear the ten-mile post—a deHcious spring of naturalApollinaris water, as refreshing as the genuine articleof commerce. Obsidian Cliff.—This bold escarpment of volcanicglass is twelve miles south of Mammoth Hot roadway passes along its base for i,ooo feet be-tween
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