. Haynes' guide to Yellowstone Park. SILVER GATE. 24 NATIONAI, PARK. hot waters of Mammoth Springs, thus leaving honey-combed caves beneath, and the present Hoodoo re-gion is simply where the mountain has caved in, fillingthe cavern below. They cover an area of about onesquare mile, and are located nearer Golden Gate Can-yon than the Mammoth Springs. In the midst of theKoodoos the road makes an abrupt turn, passing be-tween great blocks of limestone that rise abruptly fullyseventy-five feet, to which is applied the very appropri-ate name, Silver Gate. Golden Gate.—Four miles from
. Haynes' guide to Yellowstone Park. SILVER GATE. 24 NATIONAI, PARK. hot waters of Mammoth Springs, thus leaving honey-combed caves beneath, and the present Hoodoo re-gion is simply where the mountain has caved in, fillingthe cavern below. They cover an area of about onesquare mile, and are located nearer Golden Gate Can-yon than the Mammoth Springs. In the midst of theKoodoos the road makes an abrupt turn, passing be-tween great blocks of limestone that rise abruptly fullyseventy-five feet, to which is applied the very appropri-ate name, Silver Gate. Golden Gate.—Four miles from Mammoth HotSprings is one of the most picturesque points in thePark. It is a rugged pass between the base of the loftyelevations of Bunsen Peak and the southern extremityof Terrace Mountain, through which flows the west. GOLDEN GATE CANYON AND VIADUCT. TOUR OF THE PARK. 25 branch of Gardiner River. The sides of these rockywalls, which rise 200 to 300 feet above the roadway, arecovered with a yellow moss, suggesting the appropriatename the pass now bears. The pillar at the east en-trance, some twelve feet high, was originally a part ofthe canyon wall. The construction of this roadwayand viaduct, scarce a mile in length, was the most ex-pensive and difficult piece of road building yet en-countered by the government engineers. Rustic Falls, occupying a conspicuous position at thewest end of Golden Gate, adds a charm to this beautifulspot, and when seen in the early part of the season isespecially fine. The stream is fed by mountain snowsand springs along the base of the hills a mile or so be-yond. The fall is some sixty feet, over a series ofshallow basins worn into the dark, moss-covered ledge,disappearing underneath the surplus of rock depositedin the canyon from the construction of the vie
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