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Show II j IMMENSE CAVERN FOUND ' X " y BY JAMES KENNELLY it1 M l, ' Ij,' James M. Kennelly, the well-known j " ,- prospector, writes from Good Springs, ' '('. ' j. Nev., of the discovery of an Immense - 'i .; cave one-half mile from Potosi Springs '! 1 :l in Lincoln county by himself and his j. , .! three boys. They were traveling over J j': the Mount Alcott range looking for I i ' j " mineral when two of the young men !.! ' , ' found the entrance to the cavern. They I' i J U secured ropes and descended for 100 1 j ,''( feet before reaching the lloor. They px- 1 i , ji, plorcd several lurge rooms filled with ' i , X stylactltes and other beautiful crystall- ' . t ' l nations. Mr. Kennelly found it Impos- j '( . ' Jir' sible to climb out of the cave and the I J ifi ,' boys were obliged to make a ladder tit t, with tree branches and baling wire to J '' ; Jjj get him to the surface. The cave Is so 'I v 1 large that they could not determine Its (J1 I dimensions and they believe that it will Tl H ' 'c'at to an undorSround river. j Speal:Ing of mining at Good Springs, ', ) ' ' tJ Kennelly says that several prop- I , e-rtles are being worked. The American j . company has the Columbia copper mine ,")' 't and George Gunn Is In charge. The I1',.! Needles G. M. company Is operating the I J , "0" copper mine. Several people from Wi ; n ' Montana and Oregon are looking o.ver ii I jj J . , the canmp and Mr. Grlflln, the chief !p1(' , i surveyor of the San Pedro, says that travel may begin through to Los An- r , 1 geles October 15. All the miners are i 'j I waiting for the road to take their ore j .1 to Salt Lake. |