Haynes new guide and motorists' complete road log of Yellowstone National Park . ORANGE SPRING FORMATION growths where lime is being deposited. The great sizeof the mound is an indication that these springs havebeen active probably for centuries. Stalactitic Cave and Stygian Cave, above which isan old formation called St. Jacobus Ladder, are about 600feet west of the White Elephant. Stygian Cave exhalesthe suffocating carbonic acid gas which has caused thedeath of many birds and small animals. Angel Terrace is passed on the way from theWhite Elephant to the main road. This terrace is probablyt
Haynes new guide and motorists' complete road log of Yellowstone National Park . ORANGE SPRING FORMATION growths where lime is being deposited. The great sizeof the mound is an indication that these springs havebeen active probably for centuries. Stalactitic Cave and Stygian Cave, above which isan old formation called St. Jacobus Ladder, are about 600feet west of the White Elephant. Stygian Cave exhalesthe suffocating carbonic acid gas which has caused thedeath of many birds and small animals. Angel Terrace is passed on the way from theWhite Elephant to the main road. This terrace is probablythe most beautiful of all in point of coloring. The Buffalo Herd.—The buffaloes or Americanbison of the park may be classed in three groups, namely:The show herd near Mammoth Hot Springs, which isfenced in; the ^tame^ herd on the Lamar Eiver, 29 mileseast of Mammoth Hot Springs, and the scattering wildbands which have not become connected with the herdsdirectly under the governments care. 42 HAYNES NEW GUIDE. BUFFALO HERD NEAR MAMMOTH Greological.—The Yellowstone Park is geologicallyyoung, but so old that the slow erosive power of runningwater has carved furrows a thousand feet or more into itssolid rock. The mountains are mostly igneous; and all throughthe Park are evidences of violent volcanic eruptions asshown by extensive lava beds. Amygdaloid cliffs and greatgnarled masses are common; there are obsidian cliffs,great geometrical blocks, petrifactions and geodes, besidesthe print of leaves in rock where forests have fallen preyto the flowing hot mud. Some sedimentary deposits are also found here nearthe northern boundary, in the form of limestone beds, claysand shales. There were glacial invasions also, which haveleft hills of sand and gravel, and isolated bowlders at vari-ous points. The most wonderful deposit in the region is thisFonnation at Mammoth Hot Springs, which is com-posed of pure calcium carbonate, dissolved from the lime-stone beds below and brought to the su
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