| Show U 11 r 1 IN Q I Ibe ft n unexplored n r Cave io iobe be One ThOU In Depth PIa for It M RM M M PM i w Jv t ot of t 1011 I la that nigh high bill hili known knowl a ii Ii j I C tb euve II 11 of It Kentucky 1 sY 4 the Mont It I Ii s sa UM t Anaconda i t a ot at n In till tb i ad Ita iii tout mut mute 7 and anet 1000 1 be e tt Never Henr h his Ih the cave n I ored and nd Nu hu bu len ken SverI ha MP p visited It but tb the tact fact of t tIt It Its II I known knon to a lett Isris pur ot th Ib population or of tilt th Within IL its willed arll ur all thi If th past mt cave can and nd hID hani from th and th lid ut of I the he i and fantastic i y In j th Ih lays of u lIht and loi Far down doa it al the thi but bot butten ten I IS a little subterranean rj I harp II the from chamber chambert to t I hamber and so 10 narrow at ar the pas lIall them that a Ih the rate v I 5 must molt ot of A goud oud ut of roo rp Is III r Ith n of and Yu YoI tl 1 THE TH Tol rol Tolt Th lbs to the vae o t II 1111 u known I i at al the tug Ivf where u pru In a lart Sro droVe hi Itis pick through th tha t of f I the lint II liP dum ped and the rate u I II hITe I Is another entrance r tile lowest depths of itt Ih ca cave I the stIr Mil Ii t I Iun un flu tI time I is pure and nd Is II In eutI OIl 0 r W tn one of 01 the first went nl I 1 dOWIl to the tit big hole hol the all ad allI I found In a small lip chamber oft th Ihl drut bl bg one illS U bent of a lion They t bIS a little Utti ponti IlOna formed by th the thes s 1 dripping ot of from lh h hc c r rOO of how cam Ike there ther I Ii tt rl ri pl Whence did th thI 1 r I h ft bon s that c d dath st taken many man years bt be beI i I c l r tH eave wa was fell rell a tree grown rown on UnA unable to 10 climb out outi i nd b ut In tb the until d the little pond and la lay down the to dIe Itla It 1 p II place to explore t 9 gUI of at the sun lIun of P A summit summer da datt day tt I Into the darkneSs ot of the glint rInt unlit Unfit b by a tin tiny ry ray of 01 tt m the outBid with the con drip of ceiling and anel wall walli soaking une and nd with Ih Ihmud the mud Lad I slime vt of the which one crawl rawl and to hi explorer t loses interest In the Ihl le eave ur or ver I haltS Is Iii overcome h by a chilI To go 10 well 4 however the I 1 tt ot he On drives from westward 01 gulch In going to 10 the cave cae 1 hll he turn turna to the right and follows i thu tour four miles ut UI beyond the old I of the Sliver Silver ChaIn I mine until he h reaches ch a little II log farm 1 whIch tells It Is II time to be beIn in the steep sharp ascent Year inn ago when the Geurge mine wu In operation on the mountain the road was wall built buill Slid suid tIll bIs la Is the one ani that Is l tf It t to lbS east just to the t hII and then by a ot of sharp barp a 11 anti turna west wel wele TitaN comes a brief stretch or of corn e level ground and then Ihen a long wd and steep liMP and sickening climb lip up the narrow troll with the almost sheer h r bare mountain aide aille stretching hundreds hundred ot or feet billow below i ANACONDA IN TIm DISTANCE I A turn at a point ot of rocks rock and one sees below him the rail vall of Warm Springs ond spreading ne awa away to the east Anaconda a tin tiny to toy town In hi tile the distance On and up one goes gOell until at ho hi reach the grove that covers th Ih top of the hili 1500 1180 feet above the level trem frem which the tha Mart w was made mad A Abroad broad md beautiful grove is this Ihl The Th trets ar are and spreading and the covered hy by A beautiful CaTl I of grIM gries upon ullon which wild milk moke glorious splashes of color The vivid 1111 crimson ot of the paint Pots IlOt the dainty I of with lIh th the quieter tints UC or th the hundreds of If ther blossoms make the spot Ilk like a 11 I hot hI hothouse house Almot tropical In th slice anee of oC the vegetation and Yet In I n nUt Ut Hr the Inos climb seventeen and feet up tit the tree nd I leave ve the top t like lib odd udd shaped ha A Almost hid In UI the grove pOv ont on 14 the of foIt It A hid a Lor who b has lived en ft th bill for tor rl r yeses WiLls WiLlI III the faith af t hi his lion h he vu In lbs n Ms ot of bis Ia lid d and his bill own ultimate wealth UM Us oft Olt beyond the cabin and tile the hou house and nd then deKe cl J ay tad rr fr half a mile mileto to In the tbt little where out vamps mp jut t 10 rove Un on one of If thIs WIl It bead of I Jo Creek enk t and 4 0 ft other the slopes that thai led Icid down to 10 n ii The hill hili hillIs Is III the divide Led ramp camp n toward the theLast Last mk creak sIdi fot fOI hail haf 1 a mil little miland and III then to sear Itan h I amon th Ih tr trees eM deaL lImb for fo the h 14 the e It I Is hard to for tor a of earth jarl h Ihm n out fro from the hula hole and anda a bare balt hOU hotke board ire art the only mark THE IN At length It a t Unil it H II 15 a trench such as AI t and nd itt 11 uti one end Ind ont one sees II lk after r I the h soil had sn tut lUt through unit away the lImestone The he hole hult tiLLs trl enlarged until II It Is III an arch of jagged rock leading Into a lIttle dark I tham bet ber I Iown own you ou go 10 carefully and slow a slip would be dangerous ru and onu In Ih the little chamber you see III at Its 1111 side another smaller nalle hole kole beyond which Is III darkness profound A Au you yuu tt beside It you hear hta the hollow sound of water dripping from frum a height tar away and n below Across the hit hole is III a log from I h rope tO leids Id Into the hole hol anti and do dot n a II a sharp harp slope the end ot of which cannot be seen Put Iut your rand candle Ie and matches In your Jour pock pocket t put your ft feet down the huh hole grasp the rope and lying on your our stomach lilt 11 slip lIp down a few feet your feet pass over an MI edge You cling to the top rope all the tighter and tak lak s A shari breath Grope Chops bout about with your out feet And touch a bit bitof bitof of wood It III i q lb s ot of the steps of a rude ladder ot of which supports ON are hn hewn saplings Then reach for tor the Ille second round It 11 Itis I is ticklish work ork but bill compared to what yon on liter later will r It I ii easy euy DOWN A After this UsIa you ou lit let go of the ro rope and begin to climb down As AI you grasp the ladder mud and slime lIm ooze between your our Ana the dampness of the old WOod you to tb the marrow It A stone Iton or two you have dl di In the slide lUll to the ladder your our head and fall with a loud hollow thud tar far fr far below and rattle and ond dash duh on for a full Cull minute On and Oil on down Into the blackness you ou ge The ladder Iwa sways and sags under your weight It I is only tort forty feet lon Iott mit hili It miles You reach leach the bottom and upon Ii a slIp lIp shelvIng rock 00 carefully tor ocr to your left I ii a sudden drop off ocr Into hato II a pit teat Ct deep Light your our and nd hold it II Riot aloft You you tire rite upon a bench In the dU On you rou go fO to the floor If floor that b boulder ulder strewn it Ir regular hilly place can be called a floor This chamber r I Ii fully feet long and In Its widest fully ull 50 10 feet fHt Its III rent general I course lOUIIe I 1 downward so that the lower lown end Is III fl 75 feet teet below till the place piece upon which you Ou stand Than step aside alde It if some one Is corn com comIng cornIng Ing after you ou for tie hI will dIslodge stones lone ah lt ht com domes through tite hot hole far up W there In the ceiling cellinI and th titer will tall fali with fearful force Coree Your lIght reduced by tho and dIstance until H fl seems ms but bul a mere speck to hIm I Is making him It if he Is looking at It II AND AD STILL DOWN M My you wIll hear him say laY to him pelt If its III a million feet down don there tiler They all II M say It Somehow or other the Ihl mn mans light always alway gives five the titan all an exaggerated Idea of the length of the droll The first big II cham chamber r I is beautiful bi caul or of lt It sue Selfish ii 11 tots hl have broken off Ih the more unique hd and earned them I away a The Ibl shape ot of Ute the chamber chamberis is III Irregular ani and H walls seem eem a plied piled up ml mass of In moving away WI from the foot Coot of the ladder beware war ot f th the drop off to the left That low lower chamber goes on and HuH 0 L In the main mainI 1 1 I h 01 I h hi I I So I 0 t 4 0 r Q U 1 till the ht tut ii hl tu III t Oh wall wail t I 1 Sn II h I 1111 UI Ih the I tAft lee Ilk like JIll pillars lit Of alt ad ti II C Ii Ih J 5 11 0 alias Milar In ill to 10 I 1 t thas h has to th to tn a point near t I J jo fl h i 10 IN i iba 10 ba I arll apt 1111 I r thi ih our fa falls II II In hence Iii i r page way and S Si 10 I r f 1 tinder the boult Ih t hi to 10 other ae lire are t ouia I e I narro In III Ih I he Willi Is III II hl hi hi h unE ofle must sUite firM 1111 and 1 r uth dl for I a ladder his hili toeS t is III less IrMI thin Ihan f P et l hog n MO io It len t I so had hadit it I is old cold 1111 o and uno th the awful silence anti I I ie you ou hut II 1 seems lIem easy after Ih that first I long laIM Then Ihn II 50 and nd on ton fur hours he i urse purll being do dust 11 P Pa Pas pages a are arp ni 1 r through you ou jU with wills the thought that perhaps rhall you will dro off lOSt Inlo a hole hol n a or orso so f feet 1 de deI on In the other r cide Very alike arc th these chAm bt hers l that eme mi a are r harder to 10 get isi III out III of than thun others At length sifter a climb 0 i r j oo e clot taia tile to the star tAr Pt r 1 alt all It If ot are areat It at all ln IlD tI I I n oU ats hr here If you Rr ar t I unito 1 and a II II gi This UI at hh 11 ale o Ol t I tg Ig Ground around us III II mitie to I 1 TI i muddy slipper r I I t n 11 I 5 In to 3 10 log leti In it II A II ii hr by hi you 01 a 1 tar llIn t th Ih hIe hI J I IreI reI feet I before they Ihy 1 Li Ir r iid lit In 5 Ih the lit 1St right to lu It II dire tIn 1 a hen nur feet hI hut I e ti 11 Ihl they out Into bia J I nth hI nl tie walls of the Ihl hamb Into whit whIch h hyou you are going caine together In V shape tb the point being PIn th the exit of the hole hoh through which OU are wiggling Along a ledge on one une Wall Ot or arm antis of the y V Yost must mut crawl ra wi until you reach a wide wid enough between the walls to 10 your our body to drol rol over Oer The rope Iop of course loun dropped over It the thea a apex of the V but lut you ou hie he brought the slack wills you and hung It over oer 1 a convenIent stalactite MO Ho alt to have hae u a sheer heer drop Into the unknown depths below OVEn OVIl TJI EDGE yourself gently over the edge windIng a leg the rope a ye yedo lID do so 10 anti then drop Y If you tIe 1111 not lilt hold bold fast talt you ou will do II a slide be beside III lid side h the slide lIde or of life lite In a CirCUS is III a journey journy ot of delight Your drop would termInate on a big shIny smooth slab Iab ot of limestone which could gh give yOu yOua 1 a sWIft exciting delc descent lIt lI lato o n a little lake th the waters water of art are bout about as cold an JS anything can be and not be frozen nut flut dont let your hands anti and legs slip ott on the slimy tops rope And you are rC all allrIght rIght Ot Of you cannot very r well carry a lighted candle with yoi o While going down situ 1 so IJO the dark descent h ha all the uncertainty of itt a trip blind blindfolded folded The Th sensatIon closely ap that experienced when In a nightmare you ou ar are bound hiatt and foot and Someone I is pushing YOU ou over OSt the edge of a The rope I is about 20 teet ft long It spent longer but It I iS not Going tip up one would be willing to swear ear It VaS VaSto W to When your our candle II i at 01 the end nd ot of the d descent clIt you ou find yourself In b by tar far the mot most beautiful chamber ot of the whole chain First step shown down fro from In your shelving rock ruck and nd around the edge df of oC the lake anti thin give gle yourself up to admiration The glIsten glIstening ing carved bY nature In odd de rile Uti Up to a anoble noble huble roof one wall and ed b drops from the rocks Is II the limpid lake Jake cleat with marvelous No u water waler In inthe the world above I Is eo clear Only 1 15 feet leet wide IS II this little boll body ot of but It Is II a gem ot of beauty WITHIN A DA DAtt DAttA C CA A natural slaIn holds th the lake within bounds but the cave contInues to slope away wa sharply Another good chamber r ft feet el long Is III be beyond yond ond the chamber of like lake and has haM hasa a descent from there thre ol 01 40 to 50 feet but It Ii otters no new It I Is Interesting because there are many tin tiny openings In Ih the walls wall through which fresh h air sucks urk Perhaps h here ma may be found time an n en to the outer world orld When hen one starts on the return trip the of bringing lit hi 0 own ropes rope Ill III apparent If he had not so 0 armed himself lt he may have the experience of the two 10 Standard mn men who went through the ease last Jul July withoUt rope Its the chamber of Ih the lake they hall had paused to 10 Ut use the huge hUle apart mont II as M it photographic dark diUk room and to 10 plates The artist vet Vel nat flat an and got Hol a chili o ohe he went nl up the slipper lIp H rOle rape first Orl the theother other mall steadying Ih the rope from be below low Then 1110 photographIc material was wal hauled up laboriously and the theman man below began the At that his hili chill chili arrived a little 0 ehe lul titHe but hUI for tor all that Th HI aed end and lIng out over the lake IlIk and the climbers climber lingers grew older colder Gild and anti nel number as he tried tv to OINk re When bl his hand air Ir about a foot below the hedge I the h 11 gas out nUl The WI Was as II If f Ilk In nl oil And grease so ao slippery wa 1 1 It T To Mill droll hack back a dangerous II l 1 isis hili legs anti and lb fh t S ot through Ih the kI I hanging b by his hili 10 toes end and andS It S S t 1 I to f to of r slender In 0 r III ir I holographic 0 I 5 hi his hili the h thu Si i U h ho felt Ilk like 1 a monk n ii II Until the I to 10 Then h hr he heI r I i I I Iii 1 If r nt over r th ledge got Into Inlo II S I 11 1 V there arl artS lIn lInI I UI h two IO at al II emerged ft fl r I 1 I e I the 11 f olIn l Mr lr 1 it 0 I I tt 5 stArt d I s I r 1 It tit 11 os 11 tie of r his hili I li III r so distant hp he had brt seen thui 5 1 tho th a ave AI by theIr four hur ur IY below be hd had to 10 th Sr rs rB U Till 1111 TOn A IT That evening In his hili own on snug little r cabin lIln he told lold what bat he kiew about tI the rap ease It wits Willi discovered In sold b bb he heby b by a named Met 1 han elton who while sinking a hille broke through the roof of the ff chamber hamber At the h he a working Ih st Ii partner naMed Dunn lie made madeno no attempt to locate locale the rave cave In 1 51 Charlt Brown Another Ih the uve 1 all as n a min sum anal ral dams 1111 e for his hili work pUI n the you ou I there Uron however not keep tsp III IsIs hll work I 1 the case cae last year ar II as part or of the Bertha claim and still 1111 hold it II Darling formerly ot of the mine mail made an tout tour or the rae cave sonic years ell ago and It IL was h he who discovered the lake A complete exploratIon hRS has never yet been hlIn made So 80 tar M as I am able to 10 judge a survey would the lo lower chambers not far rout the surface of the slope above Lust Lot Some lom timE I 1 ma may liar he such a survey mild Bud and till up the cave cae to the public first putting Its In proper ladders and the ian sage between the |
