Show VOLCANO IN SOUTHERN UTAH it Is located about twenty miles north of moab I 1 A partly active volcano crater has W been discovered by prospectors at a point about twenty in les north of moab on a high mesa the prospectors dis covered steam or smoke rising some distance from where they were and on investigating found that it rose from a hole in the solid solla sandstone tor for matlon mation the orifice is oblong about three feet in width and six feet long A strong current of warm air carry ing some vapor arisen but seems to have little or no gaseous smell the sides of the hole are very black and sooty A rock thrown in apparently falls a lo 10 long ng distance the prospectors working in that section will make fur ther investigation this section has been prospected over for a number of years and cattle and sheep men have r jmj over ever it fo fosa the past twenty five dis covering the crater the prospectors who visited it say they would not have found it but toi foi seeing the steam arise as it is in a place that would be unlikely to be passed it appears to be an old volcano vent that has been lying dormant tor for years and is just beginning to show signs of actie ity |