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Show 25 CCC BOYS OH 'HOT ASSIGNMENT' IH YELLOWSTONE YELLOWSTONE PARK Wyo Aug. 19 -To 25 CCC youths from Missioun goes the dubious honor of having the hottest assignment of some S000 boys ln Yellowstone I ark camps this season, accord-to accord-to George Miller, assistant chief ranger in charge of ECW proj- ft'ls. For many years one of the hazardous spots in the park has been the Morris geyser basin, been the Norris geyser basin, a vast gully literally blanketed with hot springs, boiling pools, steam vents, small and large geysers. gey-sers. Because this area is much newer geologically than the Old Faithful area, much of the thermal ther-mal action is close to the surface. The area is extremely fascinating to visitors, but because the hot water changes its course frequently frequent-ly and because the action of some of the pools is erratic and unpredictable, unpre-dictable, the spot has been a dangerous one for burns. This year, under the supervision of C. A. Lord, park service engineer, engi-neer, 25 boys from Camp 730 at Yellowstone Canyon are constructing con-structing a permanent foot path over the entire basin. First the rail is being graded, then covered with an oil and bitumuls surfacing j and finally to offset the black col- -1 oring which would be out of harmony with the area, white formation for-mation dust is mixed with the preparation put on the surfacing to return the path into the gray color of is, setting. The entire project will cost about $3500 including in-cluding supervising personnel. |