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1886

 

Deep Water - September 9, 1886

A party sent out by the Geological Survey, under the command of Captain Clarence E. Dutton, U. S. A., has succeeded in reaching and making a complete survey of Crater Lake n Oregon, a body of water whose shores, with the possible exception of one point' on the south, have never before been touched by the foot of white men.

 

Examination of Crater Lake - September 4, 1886

The examination of Crater Lake, in Oregon, gives scientific evidence of the appropriateness of its name, and shows it to be in the heart of a mountain hollowed but by volcanic action.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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