<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 1/23/2005 22:30:06 PM Pacific Standard Time, meechg@erols.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>I would be interested in going to find out more as I live just outside DC.<BR>If anyone has prior experience getting access to Smithsonian storage items<BR>that might help me make progress</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>To Graham and any others--</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am pretty sure this was mentioned/suggested before, but... What is the possibility of obtaining a chemical analysis of the sinter from these (both) cones? Any more, a really teensy piect would be sufficient, and then with luck it could be matched to modern Yellowstone.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I will say this-- when I first saw the photo of the display cone and heard the number of vents, I immediately thought of Avalanche. Now Graham say the Smithsonian says Gibbon Geyser Basin. So....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV></BODY></HTML>