Show A volcano mr henry gartrell living about ten miles from elijay ga says there is a tree on the mountain above the large cliff of marble on the line of the marietta and north georgia railroad that haa been burning for five months the latter part of last october the woods were being burnt off and an old hollow tree caught fire about three weeks thereafter he saw the fire and found that the tree had been almost consumed and the ground appeared to be ablaze he has watched it continuously ever since and can see the fire better on a rainy night sunday he took a long rod of iron and some water and poured the water in the hole but it did not extinguish it he then ran hia iron rod down about civo feet through the cinders and got some out the whole mass in the bole ia red hot and the material when taken out is very much like shop cinders but after being exposed for a few hours it alacca like lime it is very strong with alkali and smells like sulphur gilmer county may have a young volcano cor atlanta constitution |