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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 8 (December 1, 1928)

Pulling Over the Geyser Lake

Pulling Over the Geyser Lake.

“The big muddy pool was boiling and seething under us. It might work up into an explosion any minute; though I had watched for a period when it would be likely to be quiescent for a little while. I had taken some light ropes with me as measuring lines; I wished to take the measurements of the geyser basin. I wouldn't trust the rowing to Buckeridge; because this geyser business was quite page 14 novel to him, so took the oars myself, and gave him the measuring lines. At my direction he took soundings. When he was hauling up the lines they were so hot that he dropped the rope in a hurry in the boat.

“Almost immediately we put out from the shore, we were immersed in the steam rising in thick clouds from the boiling water, and the heat was almost unbearable. I rowed across and about the pool, and altogether we were twelve minutes on the water. We found that the length of the pool or lakelet was 184 yards and the width 84 yards. The deepest sounding we got was only 48 feet; this surprised me very much.