<html> <head> <style></style></head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>I once addressed the question "Where is the third Old Faithful" in an article "<span style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>Old Faithful</span><span style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>’s Names and Namesakes" that appeared in The Sput.  I did not have an answer to the question, but offered up three possibilities.  I concluded the article by asking whether anyone else had any other suggestions for the third "old faithful" geyser.  Nobody responded.</span><BR><span style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'></span> <BR><span style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>Here is the part of that articlethat offered my suggestions:  </span><BR><span style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal">Various sources claim that “The [Calistoga] Geyser is one of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">only three</i> Old Faithfuls in the world, designated as such because of its constant and predictable eruptions.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Old Faithful in Yellowstone, Calistoga’s Old Faithful—and the third <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on">Old Faithful</st1:place> geyser is ?</p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal">Using the criteria “constant” and “predictable” with respect to eruptions, one possibility for the third “Old Faithful” is the hot water geyser located at Hunter’s Resort about 1-1/2 miles north of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Lakeview</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Oregon</st1:state></st1:place>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>This geyser was also created by a drilled well, which tapped into geothermal hot water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The geyser erupts about every 60 to 90 seconds to a height of about 60 feet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>(I knew I was in desperate need of a <st1:place w:st="on">Yellowstone</st1:place> geyser fix one March when I visited the site and found myself timing the eruptions and calculating intervals and durations!)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>But every source I’ve reviewed indicates the name of this geyser is “Old Perpetual,” so I don’t think it qualifies as the third “<st1:place w:st="on">Old Faithful</st1:place>.”</p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal">Another “geyser” that is “constant” and “predictable” is the “geyser” at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Soda Springs</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Idaho</st1:state></st1:place>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>“Soda Springs boasts the largest captive geyser in the world and was featured in ‘Ripley’s Believe It or Not.’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The geyser, in downtown Soda Springs, erupts every hour on the hour.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>[<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Soda Springs</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Idaho</st1:state></st1:place>.]<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>This feature was also created through drilling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>In this case though, the drilling was an attempt to find a hot water source for a swimming pool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>At less than 90ºF the water is not hot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Carbon dioxide gas mixing with the water creates the pressure to cause eruptions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Regularity of the geyser is guaranteed because it is controlled by a timer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>However, the timer is not always used to turn the geyser on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>If the wind direction is toward the west such that the water from the eruption would blow toward the town center, the geyser is not allowed to erupt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>But this probably isn’t the third “<st1:place w:st="on">Old Faithful</st1:place>” because I couldn’t find any sources that called the feature anything other than the Soda Springs Geyser.</p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal">The final feature I’ll offer up as a possibility for the third “<st1:place w:st="on">Old Faithful</st1:place>” is also an artificial feature—but this one wasn’t the result of drilling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Instead it was a deliberate attempt to create an artificial geyser.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>“Old Faithful Junior” was a model geyser located at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Old Faithful</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype></st1:place>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>H. T. Lystrup provided the following information and story about “Old Faithful Junior.”</p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span>Lynn Stephens<BR><br> <BR><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 03:11:08 +0000<br>From: sgryc@comcast.net<br>To: geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu<br>Subject: Re: [Geysers] from a tour ad<br><br><style></style><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 51); line-height: 16px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" class="ecxApple-style-span"><div>Either the tour company confused Yellowstone with Calistoga, California or they are actually offering a tour of Calistoga with its man-made "geyser."</div><div>Here's the description of the Old Faithful Geyser of Calistoga:</div><div><br></div><i>About every 30 minutes, visitors to the Old Faithful Geyser of California are treated to an eruption of steam and scalding water spraying 60 to 100 feet in the air. There are only two other "old faithful" geysers in the world that have earned the title due to their regular eruptions.</i></span><div><font class="ecxApple-style-span" color="#666633" face="Arial, Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 12px;" class="ecxApple-style-span"><i><br></i></span></font></div><div><font class="ecxApple-style-span" color="#666633" face="Arial, Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 12px;" class="ecxApple-style-span">I wonder where the third "Old Faithful" geyser is.</span></font></div><div><font class="ecxApple-style-span" color="#666633" face="Arial, Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 12px;" class="ecxApple-style-span"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="ecxApple-style-span" color="#666633" face="Arial, Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 12px;" class="ecxApple-style-span">Steve Gryc<br></span></font><br><hr style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;" id="ecxzwchr"><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">From: </b><font class="ecxApple-style-span" size="3" face="Arial">"Tom Kearney" <twogazers@hotmail.com></font><br><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">To: </b><font class="ecxApple-style-span" size="3" face="Arial">geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu</font><br><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Sent: </b><font class="ecxApple-style-span" size="3" face="Arial">Friday, January 24, 2014 4:59:05 PM</font><br><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Subject: </b><font class="ecxApple-style-span" size="3" face="Arial">Re: [Geysers] from a tour ad</font><br><br> <style></style> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;" dir="ltr">Maybe someone should contact them?<br>  <br> Working 16 summers for the Park Service around Old Faithful I heard the old folk wisdom about eruptions on the hour and how the geysers built up pressure repeated endlessly by tour guides.<br>  <br> The year I drove the Yellowstone tour bus and observed the outside tour groups all around the park convinced me that they were factually challenged on every topic, Tauck Tours being the worst.  <br>  <br> Tom Kearney<br>  <br> <div> <hr id="ecxstopSpelling"> From: kdboregon@gmail.com<br>Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 19:09:53 -0800<br>To: geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu<br>Subject: Re: [Geysers] from a tour ad<br><br> <div>Scott:</div> <div>If you were asked to re-write that, what would you say?</div> <div><br></div> <div>Thanks,</div> <div><br></div> <div>Kevin Brown</div> <div><br>On Jan 22, 2014, at 10:29 AM, <<a href="mailto:TSBryan@aol.com" target="_blank">TSBryan@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div> <blockquote> <div><font id="ecxrole_document" color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"> <div>A travel company called Collette is offering a tour of western national parks. This tour will include Yellowstone where (and I quote) "One of the many highlights is the world-famous Old Faithful geyser <em>[sic],</em> a fountain of steam that rises more than 60 feet in the air."</div> <div> </div> <div>Well, OK -- steam is involved, and I guess that "more than 60 feet" is technically correct. But I wonder if the tour people have actually seen the thing.</div> <div> </div> <div>Scott Bryan</div></font></div></blockquote> <blockquote> <div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Geysers mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu" target="_blank">Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu</a></span><br><span><a href="https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers" target="_blank">https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</a></span></div></blockquote><br>_______________________________________________ Geysers mailing list Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</div> </div> <br><font class="ecxApple-style-span" size="3" face="Arial">_______________________________________________</font><br><font class="ecxApple-style-span" size="3" face="Arial">Geysers mailing list</font><br><font class="ecxApple-style-span" size="3" face="Arial">Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu</font><br><font class="ecxApple-style-span" size="3" face="Arial">https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</font></div></div><br>_______________________________________________ Geysers mailing list Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</div> </div></body> </html>