Show ANOTHER NATURAL CURIOSITY IN We learn through an appreciated visit from A. H Bur-ton of that about six miles east of that town in the Swift Creek Canyon there is probably the largest intermittent spring in the United This spring flows about 60 cubic feet of water per second for fifteen minutes and then the flow entirely stops for eighteen when it starts again with a mighty so that when boulders weighing three or four hundred pounds are rolled into they are carried away like wood- This spring is the outlet of some large underground and the channel through which it flows is a It takes eighteen minutes to fill the lake up to the highest point of the when it starts to flow and continues until the lake is lowered to let air into the siphon and stop the suction or The geysers in the Yellowstone Park aire similarly intermittent and They are like intermittent but their flow is caused by confined stream which collects in an underground cavern until it acquires an enormous The then begin to and they spout until the stream is Swift Creek Canyon is one of the most beautiful gorges in the It is over 10 miles In many places the high rocks on each side are symmetrical and only from 15 to 30 feet while in others they are uneven and The canyon has been but little explored as there is only a trail but sooner or later lt be visited by because because it it is is one one u greater I day to visit tiuS locality fop the J E pose of enjoying the scenic w ty of that part of the West 1 |