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September 2, 1897
Converse County Herald
Lusk, Niobrara County, Wyoming
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A correspondent describes remarkable natural hot pots near Midway, California: bowl-shaped geothermal features with petrifying hot water, some repurposed as structures, and the largest being tapped for superior lime production.
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Western Hot Pots.
The Hoytsville correspondent of the Coalville Times thus describes the Midway, Cal., hot pots:
"The first of these wonderful freaks of nature are half a mile north of Midway. There are several of these pots that look like an inverted bowl fifteen to twenty feet high, with a hole in the top twenty feet across, nearly full of bubbling hot water, the limestone crust surrounding them running to a thin edge and undermined. Substances of any kind thrown in will petrify and form into a hard stone. Others of this form are now dry, the bottom being sealed over with the lime formation. One of these is used for a pigpen and another for a billiard hall, the top having been roofed over. The largest pot is about a mile further up. This pot is located on a broad flat and is fifty or more feet high. They are now driving a tunnel at its base to its center to tap it, although a steady stream runs from the top. The lime produced from these pots is the best in the country."
The Hoytsville correspondent of the Coalville Times thus describes the Midway, Cal., hot pots:
"The first of these wonderful freaks of nature are half a mile north of Midway. There are several of these pots that look like an inverted bowl fifteen to twenty feet high, with a hole in the top twenty feet across, nearly full of bubbling hot water, the limestone crust surrounding them running to a thin edge and undermined. Substances of any kind thrown in will petrify and form into a hard stone. Others of this form are now dry, the bottom being sealed over with the lime formation. One of these is used for a pigpen and another for a billiard hall, the top having been roofed over. The largest pot is about a mile further up. This pot is located on a broad flat and is fifty or more feet high. They are now driving a tunnel at its base to its center to tap it, although a steady stream runs from the top. The lime produced from these pots is the best in the country."
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Extraordinary Event
What themes does it cover?
Nature
What keywords are associated?
Hot Pots
Midway Cal
Natural Freaks
Petrifying Water
Lime Formation
Where did it happen?
Midway, Cal.
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Midway, Cal.
Story Details
The Hoytsville correspondent of the Coalville Times describes hot pots north of Midway: inverted bowl-shaped formations fifteen to twenty feet high with bubbling hot water that petrifies thrown substances; some dry ones used as pigpen and billiard hall; largest pot fifty feet high on a flat, being tunneled at base, produces best lime.