The Crater of the Mud Volcano
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The Crater of the Mud Volcano
From Yellowstone National Park Views
1876
Albumen silver prints
Image (each): 3 1/4 × 2 15/16 in. (8.3 × 7.5 cm)
Mount: 3 3/8 × 6 7/8 in. (8.6 × 17.5 cm)
Museum accession
1981.7805.0003
Inscriptions Printed in brown ink on recto LC: Published by W.I. Marshall, Fitchburg, Mass. \ Awarded a Diploma and Medal at U.S. Centennial Exhibition.
Printed in brown ink on recto RC: YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK VIEWS \ Catalogue sent on application. Orders by mail filled promptly.
Printed in black ink, on applied label, on verso, OVERALL: The National Park \ This Park, the largest in the world, area 3578 sq. \ is on both sides (but mainly on E. side) of the main \ range of the Rocky Mts., in N.W. of Wyoming \ Territory, U.S. of A. It was made a National Park by \ Act of Congress, approved March 1, 1872, and contains \ a far greater number and variety of natural wonders, \ lakes, cataracts, canons, mud volcanoes, solfataras, \ fumaroles, ornamental hot springs, spouting geysers, \ etc., than any other equal area on the globe. \ MUD VOLCANO SERIES. \ Subject Underlined. \ No. 51. The Grotto at Mud Volcanoes. \ " 52. The Crater of the Mud Volcano. \ The Grotto at Mud Volcano, on the west bank of the \ Yellowstone River ( see Nos. 56 to 73, and 117 to 121, in- \ clusive), in an opening about 3 feet high, 8 feet \ wide, and 20 feet deep, into a sandstone rock, from which \ great clouds of steam escape in pulsations, each accom- \ panied by a loud roar, and by the dashing, horizontally, \ of the clear water, nearly boiling hot, against the rocky \ sides, only a very small quantity (estimated at not more \ than 10 gallons an hour) escaping. The top of the Grotto \ resembles a Gothic arch, coated with moss and iron. A \ few rods south of the Grotto is the Giant's Caldron, an \ opening nearly vertical on the side of a steep hill. It is \ about 30 feet in diameter, and the same deep, funnel- \ shaped, and at the bottom a disgusting blackish green, \ thin mud is constantly pulsating back and forth at pulsa- \ tions similar to those of the Grotto, but much more vio- \ lent, jarring the ground, and making noise enough to be \ heard a mile away. No picture could convey any idea of \ its horribe appearance. A little below it is the Crater \ of the Mud Volcano shown in No. 52. It spouts once in \ 4 hours from the deepest pool in the center, its eruptions \ lasting about 12 minutes, throwing an immensive volume of \ thick, muddy water of a light slate color, and boiling hot, \ to a height varying from 20 to 40 feet, with much noise \ and immense clouds of steam. There are several other \ mud volcanoes in the group, and all of them smell strongly \ of sulphuretted hydrogen, and have deposits of sulphur \ formed about their margins (for Geyeser Views, see Nos. \ 7 to 44, and for Gardiner's River and Mammoth Hot \ Springs, see Nos. 79 to 116.)
Printed in brown ink on recto RC: YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK VIEWS \ Catalogue sent on application. Orders by mail filled promptly.
Printed in black ink, on applied label, on verso, OVERALL: The National Park \ This Park, the largest in the world, area 3578 sq. \ is on both sides (but mainly on E. side) of the main \ range of the Rocky Mts., in N.W. of Wyoming \ Territory, U.S. of A. It was made a National Park by \ Act of Congress, approved March 1, 1872, and contains \ a far greater number and variety of natural wonders, \ lakes, cataracts, canons, mud volcanoes, solfataras, \ fumaroles, ornamental hot springs, spouting geysers, \ etc., than any other equal area on the globe. \ MUD VOLCANO SERIES. \ Subject Underlined. \ No. 51. The Grotto at Mud Volcanoes. \ " 52. The Crater of the Mud Volcano. \ The Grotto at Mud Volcano, on the west bank of the \ Yellowstone River ( see Nos. 56 to 73, and 117 to 121, in- \ clusive), in an opening about 3 feet high, 8 feet \ wide, and 20 feet deep, into a sandstone rock, from which \ great clouds of steam escape in pulsations, each accom- \ panied by a loud roar, and by the dashing, horizontally, \ of the clear water, nearly boiling hot, against the rocky \ sides, only a very small quantity (estimated at not more \ than 10 gallons an hour) escaping. The top of the Grotto \ resembles a Gothic arch, coated with moss and iron. A \ few rods south of the Grotto is the Giant's Caldron, an \ opening nearly vertical on the side of a steep hill. It is \ about 30 feet in diameter, and the same deep, funnel- \ shaped, and at the bottom a disgusting blackish green, \ thin mud is constantly pulsating back and forth at pulsa- \ tions similar to those of the Grotto, but much more vio- \ lent, jarring the ground, and making noise enough to be \ heard a mile away. No picture could convey any idea of \ its horribe appearance. A little below it is the Crater \ of the Mud Volcano shown in No. 52. It spouts once in \ 4 hours from the deepest pool in the center, its eruptions \ lasting about 12 minutes, throwing an immensive volume of \ thick, muddy water of a light slate color, and boiling hot, \ to a height varying from 20 to 40 feet, with much noise \ and immense clouds of steam. There are several other \ mud volcanoes in the group, and all of them smell strongly \ of sulphuretted hydrogen, and have deposits of sulphur \ formed about their margins (for Geyeser Views, see Nos. \ 7 to 44, and for Gardiner's River and Mammoth Hot \ Springs, see Nos. 79 to 116.)
