Report On the Geology of the High Plateaus of Utah Quotes

“Each volcano is an independent machine—nay, each vent and monticule is for the time being engaged in its own peculiar business, cooking as it were its special dish, which in due time is to be separately served. We have instances of vents within hailing distance of each other pouring out totally different kinds of lava, neither sympathizing with the other in any discernible manner nor influencing other in any appreciable degree.”
― Clarence Edward Dutton, Report On the Geology of the High Plateaus of Utah: With Atlas