[Geysers] Hygeia Spring area Marshall Hotel, followup

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Rush Lake is the small lake near the Mud Volcanoes east of Pocket Basin,
quite a distance from Goose Lake although both are in the Lower Basin.
Names were sometimes misapplied in the early years of the Park's history but
hopefully to a lesser degree today.  The unabridged version of Lee's
"Wonderland Nomenclature ..." describes it as follows.

"RUSH LAKE---A small lake in the Lower Geyser Basin located just east of
Pocket Basin.  Probably visited in 1871 by Captain J.W. Barlow, Rush Lake
was named "Goose Lake" or "Wild Goose Lake" in 1872 by members of the second
Hayden survey.  A lady visitor of 1882 noted that it was "a small innocent
looking lake with a pine tree and reeds and grasses mirrored in its clear
depths."  The name Rush Lake was given in or about 1889 by members of the
Hague parties of the USGS, and probably by Arnold Hague himself who wrote
that Rush Lake was "appropriately named from the coarse grasses growing on
its shores."  One geologist has theorized that Rush Lake is the remains of
an old hydrothermal explosion crater now filled with water."

Udo Freund
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www.gosa.org

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[mailto:geysers-bounces at lists.wallawalla.edu] On Behalf Of Jack Ashe
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Subject: [Geysers] Hygeia Spring area Marshall Hotel, followup


Upon further review, that photo is in a collection of other photos from a
trip to Pocket Basin area. My error. I appreciate the feedback.
I stand corrected and humbled.
 After some additional research,however, I cannot find Rush Lake separately
mentioned in the Research Coordination Network listings, in Marlers
inventory, in Mr. Bryan's book (3rd edition),or in  Yellowstone Place
Names (2006) .  To add to the confusion,  Yellowstone Place Names
(2006) under the entry to Mud Volcanoes (page 183)  does associate
historically Rush Lake and Goose Lake.  "In 1878, this ("Lindren's
Basin") was probably the group of springs known as "Goose Lake Mud Springs"
from nearby "Goose Lake", present day Rush Lake."  The USGS Geologic Map of
Lower Geyser Basin and topo 7.5 minute series makes clear that Rush Lake and
Goose Lake are currently considered different bodies of water.
 And so it goes.
Jack

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Subject: Re: [Geysers] Hygeia Spring area Marshall Hotel site

Jack---I think you are confused. Your photo at
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3315/3417054706_02b3465e58.jpg?v=0 is of
RUSH LAKE, not of Hygeia Spring, not of the geyserite bathtub, and not of
ANYTHING at Marshall's.

Rush Lake is much farther southeast, near Microcosm Basin and Seven Hills.
In the background of your photo are Porcupine Hills, which are even farther
to the east.

See my book YELLOWSTONE PLACE NAMES for these names.

Lee Whittlesey




                                                                      
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I have the following picture of the Hygeia Spring area of the very lower
Lower Geyser Basin (Marshall Hotel group) that I posted on another
Yellowstone forum.  Originally I thought this feature was the same as
Hygeia Spring. However, as I researched the geography more, it appears (see
map link below) that there is a difference between the Hygeia Spring per se
and the feature with the geyserite tub.
If so, what is the geyersite tub called (Bath Tub Spring, Bath Spring ??).

Also, was the "tub" (the squared section at the end) manmade or natural?


      

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