<!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 6.00.6000.16674" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>That Grotto Fountain Geyser might have fallen into a dormancy should perhaps be no surprise. (Actually, it was at one time known as "Surprise Geyser"!)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>As a double-check looking into Whittlesey and Marler, the first time that Grotto Fountain _might_ have been seen was 1875, when Strong noted three geysers in simultaneous eruption. No doubt one was Grotto but what the other two were/are is unknown -- Rocket (maybe), Grotto Fountain (maybe) and South Grotto Fountain (maybe); shoot, maybe even Spa.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In 1886, Weed noted a hole "next" to Grotto's runoff as erupting to 30 feet. We suppose this was Grotto Fountain, but...?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>And then the next known observation wasn't until 1927, then 1928 (2 eruptions known), and 1931 (4 eruptions known).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>There were eruptions during the 1940s (Surprise Geyser; Strange Geyser; etc.), but apparently Grotto Fountain was not consistently active until much later -- I seem to vaguely recall in the back of my muddled mind that its eruptions were still rather uncommon in the early 1970s.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>NOW, bearing on this, what I don't recall reading is whether or not there is still action in South Grotto Fountain.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your budget? <A title="http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00050000000017" href="http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00050000000017" target="_blank">Read reviews on AOL Autos</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>