Haynes new guide and motorists' complete road log of Yellowstone National Park . l of 1891, when quite a commotion, not unlikean earthquake, was observed. When it burst forth agreat volume of water was forced out, flooding the ravineleading to the valley below. Since then it has settled downto ordinary eruptions, about every three minutes. Therock-covered crater prevents the discharge from attainingany great height. Monarch Greyser is situated at the base of the hill,nearly surrounded by a bluff of brilliantly colored rocks,upon the level of the plateau about 1,000 feet east of theroadway. The
Haynes new guide and motorists' complete road log of Yellowstone National Park . l of 1891, when quite a commotion, not unlikean earthquake, was observed. When it burst forth agreat volume of water was forced out, flooding the ravineleading to the valley below. Since then it has settled downto ordinary eruptions, about every three minutes. Therock-covered crater prevents the discharge from attainingany great height. Monarch Greyser is situated at the base of the hill,nearly surrounded by a bluff of brilliantly colored rocks,upon the level of the plateau about 1,000 feet east of theroadway. The crater consists of two oblong openings,the larger of which is twenty feet long and three feet of the Monarch occur without warning, and con-sist of a series of explosions in which columns of waterare thrown 100 feet high. The intervals between eruptionsare about six hours. Fearless Gteyser, situated 500 feet south of theMinute Man Geyser, throws jets of water in every directionduring eruptions. Norris is the newest geyser basin in YEI^LOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 51. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SNOWSHOE RANGERS CARRY PACKS WEIGHINGFORTY-FIVE POUNDS, CONTAINING BEDDING, UTENSILS AND RATIONSFOR THREE WEEKS. 17414 the Park, and probably the one most rapidly cannot predict a season in advance whether any oneof its geysers will be doubly active the coming summer, orbecome entirely inactive. The Minute Man Greyser is interesting on accountof its regularity, and the fact that most of the waterthrown out flows back into the crater after the crater is small, and appears to have been originally onlya fissure in the rock. Three miles from Norris Basin the road enters ElkPark, a beautiful valley surrounded by heavily-timiber-ed hills. Chocolate Spring, an unique hot spring has built acone of rich chocolate color across the river from the road. At the northern entrance to Gibbon Canyon on theopposite side of the river a thousand feet above theroad is Mount Schu
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