"We knew the quakes were volcanic and con-
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fined to an area not fnorb tl|an 100
miles in diameter." Neither ^Colima
nor any other volcano in Mexico was
in eruption. We had 166% closer
to Guadalajara for t&", cause. We
made a trip through, t|e surrounding
country and discovered^ that ^he city
lies in the center of w^at waA .once a
volcano. W
"The walls of this" ianclehl^ crater
are fully 15 miles on Tall* sidW from
the city. Prom the clfaracter-jof the
stone composing these walls their
evidences of firejahd the condition of
the lava fragnfcfots wfclch Utter the
bowl of the crater, I sfopiild say it was
last active from l,800rto 2,000, years
ago.
"The
which zjs)irrourids the
city on Ml sides i3 the
wall oW this,, ancient
crater. M)n north
and eajfl:, yqk' know,
the plateau of- Mexico
slopes downward to
these ranges on the
west ah& south the an
cient volcano "wall
slopes away 5,000 feet
downward through
some 1% or 80 miles to
the Pacjflc oofean. This
was an_ idea?" location
for a ^volcano/ and pre
cisely
*Now, in the centerjeT
ountaih range
,sfatfiajf to the lo
cation of Colima, still
antj Orizaba,
hflelkiU smok-
noj| 'been ac-
ars.
