Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1917 — OLD VOLCANO IS DISCOVERED [ARTICLE]

OLD VOLCANO IS DISCOVERED

Exploring Party in the Philippine Islands Adds Another Spouter to the Maps. The Philippine islands still are unexplored land to the white man. On a march some time ago, a lieutenant of the constabulary found a lava flow and other evidences of volcanic activity at the base of the Itagang, mountains. Recently an , exploring party climbed the mountains and now another volcano is being added to the maps. The volcano which the party found consists of three peaks between which extends the crater, now quiet. A fourth peak is thought once to have stood at one corner of the crater, for there Is evidence that a great explosion shattered it. Vegetation in the form of huckleberry bushes, scrubby trees, small tufts of short grass and Canadian thistle extends to near the top of the peaks. Covering the peaks is a thin crust of hardened lava which is easily kicked up by the shoe, and the rock underneath is soft, spongy and warm. At innumerable vents an odorless steam was issuing. There was no bubbling lava or signs of a recent lava flow, although on one side there appeared to have been a recent blast of hot gases. The trees there were scorched and burned, while the leaves were still hanging to the dead branches. —Kansas City Times.