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Nafure‘s Laboratory.Mr. \Vii»fHi, a well known citizen of Mono county, And wUo w«.» ranch- I iug here ever since the Dogtown | placers were discovered, nays the liodie Free 1 tm, in now residing down near Mono Lake. lie Mays that dunng violent electric storm* the volcanoes and springs on the Island in the lake spout lire and ho! water. Not three weeks ago he witnessed the performance, and do-scribes it as grand. Sparks were thrown into the air for a distance of twenty feel. In the early days— 1856 and itieie ibouta—the Island was con siant'y agitated. Sonietimea a huge column oI wa er Would run up, aud ihe MieHiu would be so deue as to hide the clillsaud rooks of the Island. Wilson is lt;11 the opinion that “ledge matter Is forming down deep it the giouud.
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Silver City Lyon County Times

Silver City, Nevada, US

Sat, Feb 17, 1883

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