Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 113, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1918 — CLOUDS ENVELOP AN ISLAND [ARTICLE]

CLOUDS ENVELOP AN ISLAND

Mass of Rock Near New Zealand Isi Nearly Three Miles in Circumfer* once and Always Shrouded. White island, 30 miles distant from New Zealand, Is probably the most extraordinary Island In the world. It is an enormous mass of rock nearly three miles In circumference, rising 900 feet 1 above the sea, and Is perpetually en-i veloped in dark clouds, which are visible for nearly a hundred miles, says a writer. The Island consists almost entirely of sulphur, with a small percentage of gypsum. Some years ago an attempt was made to float a company to work the sulphur, which Is of high quality; but, strange to say, sufficient capital' was not subscribed. Therefore the export of sulphur from White island Is still very small. In the Interior Is a lage fully fifty acres in extent, the vapor of which hast a temperature of 110 degrees F. and! Is strongly Impregnated with acids.On one side of this lake are craters: from which steam escapes with great! force and noise. This steam and the, vapor from the lake form the dark 1 cloud which envelops the island.