<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=037312405-20062006>1. I don't know the source of the name.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=037312405-20062006></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=037312405-20062006>2. It is on the side of the pool away from the lake, about midway or maybe a little north of midway along that side of Black Pool.  I haven't looked closely for months now, so I am hazy about the exact distance from the rim but I'd guess it at maybe two meters (7 feet or so).  I will be there in a week or so and will look more closely.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=037312405-20062006></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=037312405-20062006>3. I have not personally seen an eruption, but it has been described as similar to North Goggles minor activity.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=037312405-20062006></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=037312405-20062006>4. At least one of them is interested in the origin of the name also.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=037312405-20062006></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=037312405-20062006>Ralph Taylor</SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> geysers-bounces@wwc.edu [mailto:geysers-bounces@wwc.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>TSBryan@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 19, 2006 8:05 PM<BR><B>To:</B> geysers@wwc.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Geysers] West Thumb 6-15-06<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 6/16/2006 11:51:31 PM Mountain Standard Time, ralpht@iglou.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial><SPAN class=029335601-17062006>Like, on the west side of Black Pool a few meters to the west.  A small vent less than a foot in diameter.</SPAN></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>I've got to ask -- Ralph might be on the road now, but apparently Mike Keller knows the location of this feature, called "Skinny Man" Geyser. I gotta know, given that the "old" North Star Geyser is somewhere within a few meters of Black Pool (though more to the southwest). So:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>1. What is the source of this name.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>2. Is it actually west, or is it possibly to the southwest of Black Pool. And can "a few meters" be defined?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>3. Any info about the nature of this activity?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>4. What might be the opinion of Mammoth-Gardiner people about this name?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>