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MAY28,1915 Stockmenwillnotrisk takingsheepthrough HatCreeksection Mt.Lassenisstillkeeping nervous people in suspense and gave no sign of activity yesterday that was visible in this city. Forest Ranger Fred Seaborn at Hat Creek sent a telegraphic report to Super- visor Rushing here stating that smoke was issuing from a big rock slide near the cra- ter on the north side of the mountain. No action was ob- served here and Seaborn re- ported no further activity. Whatever the damage re- sulting from the mountain's activities the latter part of last week and the floods oc- curring in Hat creek valley, it has at least caused the sheep men of this county to com- pletely change their long es- tablished route from their winter ranges in this sec- tion to their summer ranges north and north east of Mt. Lassen.Atthetimethefloods and big eruption occurred there were already several bands of sheep en route from the valley to the summer ranges. These bands were stopped by special messen- gers after their owners had learned the full extent of the damage done. After having made thor- ough investigations of the damage resulting in the Hat Creeksectionandtakinginto consideration what may oc- cur all the owners of large bands of sheep have ordered theirhandsthatwerealready en route to return and fol- low a new route to the sum- mer ranges via Paynes Creek, Mineral,MorganSpringsand Chester,goingaroundtheop- posite side of the mountain from that which has been their usual custom. Some of the big sheep owners who have already an- nounced their intentions of following the new route are Cone Ranch Co., the Cone & Ward Co. and the Galla- tin Ranch owners. The lat- ter have an established sum- mer range around Eagle Lake, while the other two first mentioned have ranges in Lassen county northeast of Mt. Lassen. During the entire history of the Mt. Lassen activities Tehama County has suffered no damage as a result of the eruptions, and even during the last and greatest erup- tion there were no bad ef- fects in the county. Asaresultresidentsofthis county feel no alarm over the mountain's activities and, for the most part at least, are able to enjoy the mountain's blowouts with no fear of damage resulting therefrom. Red Bluff and Tehama County is the logical loca- tion from which to view the mountain, either close up or at a distance, and still re- main perfectly safe. MAY 29, 1915 Stockmensayreports arenotexaggerated; Lassenspoutingpeak A report was received from Mineral yesterday and confirmed by observations made from this place to the effect that Mr. Lassen is sprouting a new peak. Dur- ing the mountain's activities preceding the record break- ing eruption of one week ago today, the valley between the two small peaks forming the summit of the mountain was filled up with mud and rocks from the crater. A press dis- patch from Prof. J. S. Holway of the University of Califor- nia stated that he climbed to the summit of the moun- tain Thursday and found the craters had been filled up, the mountain now hav- ing the appearance of a big field of jagged rocks. Prof. Holway further stated that in his opinion the craters were filled from the bottom upward, as the result of the terrific pressure exerted by the lava in the heart of the mountain. The forming of this new peak as reported yesterday would seem to confirm this theory and Supervisor W. J. Rushing is of the opnion that the new peak is proba- bly made of lava being slowly forced through a small vent and cooling slightly as it is forced out, thus gradually forming a small peak. The new peak is located just north and a little west of the position of the prominence on which the Forest Service lookout station was situated, approximately over the loca- tion of the old crater. It was plainly visible from here yes- terday with the aid of a good field glass. Bert Bell and Gorham Ward returned yesterday from a trip to Hat Creek over the route usually followed in sending sheep to the sum- mer ranges. Although they did not make any side trips up Hat Creek to the base of the mountain they saw and heard enough to say that with the exception of the reports concerning loss of stock,whichwerelaterfound to be wrong, accounts of the flood and Mt. Lassen's ac- tivities, such as appeared in the News, were substantially correct. They stated that the buildings at Lost Camp were completely destroyed, and that the meadows there were covered with two and three feet of mud and debris. Bell saidhedoubtediftheywould everbeofvalueagain.AtLost Camp they saw vivid exam- ples of the height reached by the flood. Trees had the bark town off up to a height of ten feet, showing where the crest of the flood had reached. Go- ing from Lost Creek over the Hat Creek they again struck the mud. They met Seaborn and Bramhall, forest rang- ers, who told them of con- ditions farther up the creek. On Hat Creek they found all the bridges gone and dam- age done to ranch houses. Seaborn attempted to get them to go on up the creek and seewherethegreat flood ofmudandrockshadpoured over the divide between Lost Creek and Hat Creek and see where the hot rocks thrown from the crater had actually started fires. Owning to lack of time Bell and Ward were forced to give up the side trip and return to Red Bluff. Bell said that owning to the condition of the roads he would not at- tempt to take sheep over the Hat Creek route. He stated that while it would be easy to get through there in a short time there would still be the danger of another flood coming while the sheep were en route and in such event it would be im- possible for them to escape being drowned. Tom Lee, a forest guard and graduate of the lo- cal high school, has just re- turned from a trip all over the flooded district which he made in the capacity of guide for San Francisco newspaper men. Lee states that he saw the hot rocks that were thrown out and felt them, and that four days after the eruption they were still warm. He also saw a fire burning in a pile of logs that had been started by a hot rock from the crater and saw a number of places where fires had started but hadbeenextinguishedbythe rains. He states that where the flood swept from Lost Creek over the divide into Hat Creek that trees stand- ing on top of the divide had been broken off fifty and sixty feet above the ground by flying rocks and debris. Mudcamefromcrater Regarding the opinion of Prof. Holway to the effect that the floods were caused by melting snow and did not come from the crater of the mountain, all who have talked with Ranger Seaborn are convinced that Holway is in error. The day on which the second flood occurred Seaborn had started for the head of Hat Creek to deter- mine the cause of the previ- ous day's flood. Just before he reached the base of the mountaintheimmenseerup- tion of Saturday afternoon occurred and Seaborn very plainly and emphatically says that he saw the flow of mud start over the top of the mountain from the crater and not depending on melt- ing snow for its terrific force and volume. Appearanceconfirms All who have been at the base of the mountain and inspected it at close range also report that the appear- ance of the side of the moun- tain would indicate that the flood came from the top in a solid stream and not from all over the face of the moun- tain. There are deep gulches cut in the north slope of the mountain where the flood of mud rushed down, carrying with it the loose shale and rock forms the surface of the north slope of the peak. Saypeakcavedin It is the opinion of ev- eryone familiar with condi- tions around the peak that it is simply storing up energy for a second tremendous eruption. Bell and Ward re- port that the residents of up- per Hat Creek are all thor- oughly frightened and are preparing to leave that sec- tion. These two men are also agreed that the flatten- ing of the top of Mt. Lassen is not entirely due to the filling up of the valley be- tween the two small peaks but is principally the result of the north peak having all caved into the crater. They state that the north peak was higher than the south and for that reason when the north peak had all caved in the mountain had the ap- pearance of being nearer flat at the summit. DAILYNEWSFILE The Vulcan's Eye as viewed from the Lassen Peak trail. 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