<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> Bob and anyone else on the list that has recent Mickey Hot Springs data, please respond directly to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:arkanjl@dslnorthwest.net">arkanjl@dslnorthwest.net</a> regarding this email. Thanks, Udo <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:arkanjl@dslnorthwest.net">arkanjl@dslnorthwest.net</a> wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid20070219122736.3n3rr1z6prwg880w@webmail.dslnorthwest.net">Dear GOSA representative, For several years I have been curious about a reference to a  previously unknown geyser located in southeastern Oregon.  While  reading Thunder over the Ochoco, Volume III: Lightning Strikes, by  Gale Ontko, I found two references to the sacred Shoshoni place known  as ‘Chak-pahu’ (i.e. ‘Speaking Spring’) located somewhere to the east  side of Steen’s Mountain. The footnote on page 39 provides this information: “This geyser which spouts 200 degree water 6 to 8 feet in the air was  discovered by Bureau of Land Management employees in March 1991.   Located in the remote high desert country east of Steen’s Mountain,  its existence had been unknown.  According to Mark Armstrong,  spokesman for BLM, “this geyser runs every minute or so.  It was once  a churning spring or turbulent bubbling hot spring.  Nearby is a  series of small mud pots of the sort found in Yellowstone National  Park.” My initial research was via an email contact with a representative of  the Burns District office of the BLM.  Thresa Geisler of the BLM  responded to my inquiry with the following information: “Mickey Hot Springs has a shallow 1-foot-diameter water pool that  geysered in 1991 during an unusually wet year.  BLM employees  responded to public inquiries.  I think a person from GOSA (Geyser  Observation Society of America, primarily active at Yellowstone  National Park) discovered it.  I have a videotape of the geyser made  by Bob Berger of GOSA on May 17 and 18, 1991.  It only geysered  (periodically erupting water into the air) for a few months.  At its  best it erupted water 6 or 8 feet up, then only one or two feet up,  and then it just periodically vigorously bubbled.  It wasn't geysering  or periodically bubbling when I was last out there in December 2006.   I checked it after the wet May weather we had in 2005 and it didn't  geyser or periodically bubble then.” I am hoping that someone with your organization may be able to  corroborate this account provided by the BLM.  I would not remain so  curious about this geyser event except for the statement in Gale  Ontko’s book that the existence of the geyser had previously been  unknown.  Mickey Hot Springs has been well known for a very long time. Does your organization have a record of geyser activity in the area  east of Steen’s Mountain around March 1991 at Mickey Hot Springs (or  any other locations)? Is there a Bob Berger with your organization that may have additional  information regarding this transient geyser activity?  (I would very  much like to see the videotape of the geyser activity, if that is  possible.) Since this short-term geyser activity was previously unknown you may  understand my continuing curiosity.  Any information you may be able  to provide to clarify the circumstances of this mystery will be  appreciated. Thank you, Paul Klein </blockquote> </body> </html>