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On we drifted, through huge landlocked lakes, out of which there seemed no issue until we chanced upon a miraculous corner where there was an outlet frowned upon by angry rocks; on to the "Caldron," as the
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The opening ceremonies are budgeted at $40 million, but to make ends meet, the producers have relied on volunteers, last-minute fund-raisers and freebies -- even the natural gas and propane powering the 117-foot-tall Olympic Caldron is donated by the local utility Questar Gas.
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'Geyser,' is the Witches 'Caldron, a small cavity in the hillside, seemingly running back into the hill at an angle of forty-five degrees, filled with villanous black mud in unceasing commotion.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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'The Witches' Caldron, 'which is the' Great Geyser 'of California, on the contrary, never rises into the air; the subterranean pond of which it is the safety valve, may be considered to rise in it, as in a pipe, to the surface.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Caldron, mud geysers, the "paint pots," and through this marvelous land, to the shores of Yellowstone Lake.
Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. John Sherman
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[The mud bubbles of the Witches 'Caldron are quite as extraordinary.]
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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The only unpleasant feature of "The Caldron and the Ruby" is that suspicion of theft is directed toward an innocent person; but inasmuch as, in order to make a detective story, the innocent must be under suspicion and must be ultimately vindicated, this cannot be considered in the light of a defect.
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Unquestionably, the Geysers of Iceland, the 'Strokr,' and the spring of the Devil's Cañon, the 'Witches' Caldron ', are the results of volcanic action; but that action differs essentially in its operation.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Two more detective stories are "The Amethyst Box" and "The Ruby and the Caldron," by Anna Katharine Green, the latter published in the same volume with another short story, "The House in the Mist," by the same author.
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'Strokr' and the 'Great Geyser' are intermittent, and are accounted for by the siphon theory: the 'Witches' Caldron 'is always full and boiling, and no difference is seen in it from one year's end to another.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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