<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV>I recognize the sentiment, but I'm glad to see peoples' recognition that there are actually lots of cones all over the place.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Riverside I don't think has been mentioned yet.  Huge cone (really 2 of them.)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Cliff Geyser extends the definition--really big formation there.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>How about the huge "cones" at Sentinal Meadows?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>How about many examples of extinct cones to be found?  The Ruin.  That big cone remnant in site of the OF overpass, uphill from Black Sand.  Lots of examples.<BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"><BR> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2> <HR SIZE=1> <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Jeff Cross <Jeff.Cross@wallawalla.edu><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> "geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu" <geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, January 14, 2009 10:27:27 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Geysers] Cones<BR></FONT><BR>How many substantial free-standing geyserite cones exist in Yellowstone?<BR><BR>Upper Geyser Basin:<BR><BR>Old Faithful<BR>Beehive<BR>Lion<BR>Castle<BR>Giant<BR>Grotto<BR>Rocket<BR>Mortar<BR><BR>Lower Geyser Basin:<BR><BR>White Dome<BR>Pink Cone<BR>Jet<BR>Clepsydra<BR><BR>Lone Star Geyser Basin:<BR><BR>Lone Star Geyser<BR><BR>Shoshone Geyser Basin:<BR><BR>Union Geyser<BR>Minute Man Geyser<BR><BR>Heart Lake Geyser Basin:<BR><BR>Puffing Spring<BR><BR>Are there really none at Midway, Norris, Gibbon or West Thumb?<BR><BR>It is interesting to note that of the cones I have listed (16), 8 of them (50%) are in the Upper Geyser Basin.<BR><BR>One might also ask how to define a "cone."  I am listing only those cones that have an arresting appearance.<BR><BR>Low, mound-shaped masses of sinter, like those around Bulger Geyser, seem very different, almost as if they formed through a different process.  Therefore I did not include them in the list.  It would appear that cones are fairly rare.<BR><BR>Any thoughts?<BR><BR>Jeff Cross<BR><A href="mailto:jeff.cross@wallawalla.edu" ymailto="mailto:jeff.cross@wallawalla.edu">jeff.cross@wallawalla.edu</A>_______________________________________________<BR>Geysers mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu" ymailto="mailto:Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu">Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu</A><BR><A href="https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers" target=_blank>https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</A><BR></DIV></DIV></div><br> </body></html>