SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 1.--News from Susanville, in the Sierra
Nevadas, says that slight earthquake shocks continue and that the
people have been so accustomed to the constant trembling of the earth
that they pay no attention to it. The shocks, however, have revived
recollections of old settlers who predict volcanic disturbances in the
extinct craters, such as there were in 1850.
Susanville lies in a highly mountainous walled valley directly east of
Lassen Butte, an extinct volcano 10,000 feet high. From its summit no
less than forty extinct craters can be seen. Cinder Cone, which rises
600 feet above the level of the plateau, was in eruption in 1850. Two
prospectors examined it and found Lake Saltafara, miles south of Cinder
Cone, a center of volcanic forces. The lake was a mass of boiling water
and mud and from it vast columns of flames shot up at intervals. The
timber in the vicinity was on fire. Within the last few years there has
seemed renewed activity in the internal fires and the present shocks
point to the possibility of another great volcanic outburst which will
find vent through some of the old craters.