[Geysers] Third Geyser Basin

[TSBryan at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/19/2006 5:04:49 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
rlpowell at indiana.edu writes:

A. C. Peale in the 5th Annual Report of  Progress of the U. S. Geological 
Survey of Montana and Portions of Adjacent  Territories (1872, p. 183) indicates 
a "third group" in the Lower Geyser  Basin that clearly includes the Firehole 
Lake or Black Warrior Group of modern  usage.
    Contrarily, in the 12th Annual  Report,  Peale (1883, p. 147) refers to 
the "Third or Fountain Group",  and is shown as the Fountain Group on the 
accompanying map by J. E. Mushbach  (notes) and Henry Gannett (plotter) dated 1878 
(the year of the third  Hayden Sursvey).



 
Well, I didn't know most of the above, however I asked about the Third  
Geyser Basin, not some "third group." Since there have been only a couple of  
comments...
 
The Third Geyser Basin is that which contains Lone Star Geyser. Third  Geyser 
Basin is, per Whittlesey, _THE_ official name, and any use of "Lone Star  
Geyser Basin" is, well, wrong. So I'll contend that the largest geyser there is  
Lone Star Geyser. (Quibbles not accepted.)
 
Scott Bryan
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