<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">I'm pretty sure that is Orange Spring at Mammoth.  Still looks pretty much like that today.<BR><BR> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: Robert C. Johnson <birdboy48@hotmail.com><BR>To: geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu<BR>Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 6:45:20 PM<BR>Subject: [Geysers] Mystery Feature ca. 1888 on E-bay ?<BR><BR> <STYLE> .hmmessage P { margin:0px;padding:0px;} body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma;} </STYLE> <STYLE> .hmmessage P { margin:0px;padding:0px;} body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma;} </STYLE> <BR><BR>   I suppose I am not the first to mention the fact that all sorts of interesting items related to Yellowstone come up on E-bay.  One can spend some fun time just looking through the listed items.<BR><BR>    I came across a set of magazine pictures from 1888 that include an engraving of a big cone, somewhat like Lone Star, which has a number of embedded old dead trees still sticking out of it.  It was apparently near a road, as there is a stage-coach going by in the background.  Perhaps this is something up near Mammoth, where deposits accumulate quickly, rather than being a geyserite formation ? <BR><BR>    Any idea which feature this could be ?<BR><BR><A href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=370007900761&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=024" target=_blank>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=370007900761&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=024</A><BR><BR>    <BR><BR>    <BR></DIV><BR></DIV></div></body></html>