Show LOGAN may 31 1892 EDI EDITOR R Joun NAi in n the mountains north of here while searching for treasures deposited in mother earth I 1 discovered a passage which on first sight brought vividly to my mind the superstitious theories I 1 heard in the days of my illy youth about a bottomless pit but as reason by superstition dispelled those old fogy ideas I 1 to descend into its depths arid and penetrate its lark dark recesses it is is surrounded by rt a group of stately trees arid and there is no footprints of man mail or any ally lit indication di of man ever crossing its and prying into its secret but dismal I 1 region it is located about half way up the mountain side tile tho hole is funnel shaped slipped sli aped being six feet across nt at the top and about three feet at a depth of fifteen feet then it widens out jut and the roof being of ii a watery form formation lion presents e a pleasing variety of curious forms fo for about forty feet t the e hole bole is nearly perpendicular e andic cular then it slants oil into the I 1 mountain ul if my I 1 y companions let me inc down forty feet with a rope where my illy feet jested icat ed on a d of snow F from r oin this thia point joint in an passage leads into the but as aa it was nearly blocked up with kith snow I 1 had to postpone my entering those passages a until tile the snow decreases to admit of more easy easy access as tie the character of the rock is shile shale ind and is in layers reaching re achins I 1 down about twenty gae ce feet then tile the formation changes chang e a into a hard gray colored rock mixed with spar and quartz and takes albosta perpendicular direction IV WM kit ER |