[Geysers] Biscuit Basin names

[Paul Behunin]

I just looked up Lone Star in "The Geysers of Yellowstone," and the last 
sentence of the first paragraph says "The minor vents are known collectively 
as The Pepper Box."

Paul V. Behunin



----Original Message Follows----
From: "Laurie Brown" <lauriebr at netw.com>
Reply-To: geyser observation reports <geysers at wwc.edu>
To: "geyser observation reports" <geysers at wwc.edu>
Subject: Re: [Geysers] Biscuit Basin names
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 11:04:29 -0700

 > As for "Salt and Pepper" the only thing I find odd about that is having
 > the and-bit followed by (singular) Geyser.  Come to think of it, there 
are
 > both black and white peppercorns.... perhaps something like the Pepper
 > Mill would do nicely as a name even without salt included, and allow for
 > it to someday run out of black stuff to grind up and spit out?
 >
 > I don't have Wonderland Nomenclature handy, but is there not already
 > either a Castor or a Pollux somewhere in Yellowstone?
 >
 > GRB

What's the name of those little holes on the top of Lone Star? Aren't they
something about either salt or pepper shakers/mills?

Laurie, Dark Phoenix
lauriebr at netw.com
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; give him a freshly-charged
Electric Eel and chances are he won't bother you for anything ever again.
               -- Tanuki


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