UNKNOWN VOLCANO

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21537, 8 January 1932, Page 8

UNKNOWN VOLCANO

FOUND IN EASTERN ECUADOR QUITO, December 27. The discovery of a hitherto unknown active volcano in Eastern Ecuador, which is believed to have been responsible for eruptions noted at Quito in 1894, 1896, 1912, and 1920, is reported by the Geophysical and Geodetic Survey of that country. The mountain, located in the little explored Oriente country, has been ascended by General Leuz Folmo Pazy Mimo, of the Ecuadorian army. In 1921 curious bine clouds were noted overlaying the Oriente region, and they caused an ascent of the long inactive volcano Cotopaxi, in the belief that it was sending out gas exhalations. No evidence of this was found, In 1920 a mysterious shower of ashes fell in the inter-Andean region. This prompted a more active search, and the next year an American explorer, Joseph H. Sinclair, reported a mountain seen from a distance, and not on the maps, which be believed to be a volcano. General Pazy Mimo has just returned, after pushing his way to the foot of the mountain seen by Sinclair, and after the discovery of another mountain, which lies beyond. A deep blanket of ash over the mountain sides give evidence of a recent eruption.