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SHOSHONE GEYSER BASIN — SOUTH GROUP. 



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Table of the South Group. 



N"o. 



2 

 3,4 



10 



11 



12 



and 



13 



14 



15 



Name. 



Coral Spring.. 



Three Crater 

 Spring. 



Wave Spring . 



Flake Spring . 



Bine Gl a 8 8 

 Spring. 



Size of spring. 



3 feet 3 inches by 7 

 feet 3 inches I over 

 10 feet deep. 



38ihy55feet;12feet 

 10 inches deep. 



26iby26ifeet 



7 feet 3 inches wide . 

 2 by 3 inches 



3 by 4 feet 9 inches . . 



2i feet diameter . . . 



8 by 9 feet; 3 feet 



deep. 

 17* to 34 feet; 6 feet 



deep. 

 12 by 39 feet 



5 by 9 feet ; 4^ feet 



deep. 

 21 by 9 inches 





°F. 



177 



151 

 160 

 179 



148 

 165 

 140 



97 



177 



171 



199 



176 



168a 

 to 

 196& 



197 



158 



Deep temper- 

 atures. 



°F. 

 9 feet below, 194 



4 feet below, 178 



2 feet below, 206 

 4 feet below, 188 



7 feet below, 198i 



8 feet below, 199A 



3 feet below. 201 



60 



Kemarks. 



White and lead colored 

 basin, with light yel- 

 low water-way lead- 

 ing to the river. The 

 overflow from No. 9 

 flows into the spring. 



A very handsome blue 

 spring with an orna- 

 mental edge. 



A laTge square pool 

 with three spring 

 openings. Receives 

 water from No. 2. 



In water-way from No8. 

 2 and 3. 



A small opening on the 

 top of a geyserito 

 mound back of the 

 springs. 



Eed pool. 



White pool, which sput- 

 ters irregularly : 7 

 and 8 are both on 

 the terraced water- 

 way which extends 

 from 3, 4, and 5 to- 

 wards the river. 



Receives overflow from 

 4 and 5, and when 

 spouting throws the 

 water into waves. 



Spouts irregularly 2 to 

 4 feet. 



Light-blue pool. 



Double spring, with 

 beautiful bliie cavern 

 at one end and white 

 ba.sin at the other. 



Bubbles and .spurts from 

 one ibot to two feet. 



A small pool on the edge 

 of the river on a 

 mound of geyserite. 



DESCRIPTION. 



No. 2. Coral Spring (Plate XXXIII). — This is perhaps the principal 

 spring of the group, and it is certainly one of the handsomest in the 

 Shoshone Basin. The basin of the spring in its greatest length is 55 

 feet, and in width measures 38^- feet. This basin is shallow and light 

 yellow in color with gray and orange tinted shallow pools just outside 

 the ornamented edge. In tlie center is a pit or bowl about 15 feet in 

 diameter and 12 feet deep. In this the water is of a sky-blue tint, con- 

 trasting most beautifully with the color of the surrounding basin. The 

 edge or rim is handsomely ornamented with coral-like and rosette masses, 

 which also border the lemon-yellow-colored outlet. Gray, yellow, and 

 blue are the colors presented in this sijring. The temperature in the 

 center was 177° at the surface, and 178° four feet below. The surface of 

 the spring steams slightly, but was quiet when examined. It probably 

 belongs to the class of quiet pools. 



At one side of the spring limbs of trees were found which had evi- 

 dently been soaked in the water for a considerable time. They were 



