<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 11/26/2004 8:34:49 AM Pacific Standard Time, Lee_Whittlesey@nps.gov writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>After looking at the Castle from a distance, we once more turn our faces<BR>toward the up grade and are shown a very curious pool called the Broken<BR>Heart [what feature  is this?], probably ten feet across one way and<BR>fifteen the other, but exactly like a heart split open. It is a little<BR>spring and the coloring is of an orange shade,</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I will contend that the descriptions within this portion of Mr. Dellett's narrative refers not to things on Geyser Hill, but rather to things along the river between Grand and Castle. After all, these descriptions immediately follow those of Grand and Sawmill AND of "looking at Castle from a distance..."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So the question would be (among others) -- where did people cross the river in those days? Actually, downstream from the modern bridge, where the stream banks (especially on the northeast side) are less steep, would be logical to me. If this were so, then maybe...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Broken Heart, with its orange shade, was Terra Cotta Spring</DIV> <DIV>The Ant Hill might be one of the Terra Cotta Geysers features (and the holes probably did not go through but rather were decorative geyserite)</DIV> <DIV>This could place Dellett "on the bank of the river" in position to see the Bee Hive ... "rising... from the very bottom of the river" This is Deleted Teakettle.</DIV> <DIV>The Chimney is Chimney Cone.</DIV> <DIV>Bottomless Well has perhaps had its 2000-foot-deep bottom plugged, but it is South Scalloped.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Only then does the party head for Geyser Hill, where the Watch and Chain is/are today's Goggles Spring, the orange ("gold") watch being the round shallow part of the spring.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Later, the description of Pea-Nut doesn't sound right, as Peanut isn't nearly that large. Of course, neither is/was Topaz.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV></BODY></HTML>