Show A queer pacific coast lako lake one i of the natural curiosities iii Kli kiLat county is lone lake which lies in a butte or mound in the sun sim coo foothills six fix miles northwest of this city the butte looks t as though the top had caved in as the trees are lying dead all over the bottom and years ago were growing where the lake now lies this lake cannot be seen until one reaches the gumnit of the butte as it is circular in form and surrounded by a wall or bank of earth which is covered with trees the bank itself is more than loo feet high the early settlers tell of cutting 11 hay ay on the ground which this body of water now covers a good many years ago there is no doubt chows the war fers are rising trees have t been ban covered have tallen fallen and now lie he slowly decaying beneath tb the e w war a it is fairly possible th that at the lake will one day fill the entire cavity in the butte and overflow the banks A few years ago the lake was stocked with carp and its waters are fairly alive with them now goldendale Golden dale sentinel |