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Show stroll the caverns well-li- t subterranean trails on a variety of tours. On trip includes a boat ride on Echo River, 360 feet underground. c Mammoth, the worlds longest known cave system, with 165 miles of explored tunnels, attracted 1.922 million visitors in 1976. '! ktihv K- - . Larry 0. Kinney By & Jv 4 National Geographic Runner-u- p . World spe-lunke- ot Cav- erns in New Mexico counted 876,000 visitors. Architect and decorator, water has worked thousands of years to carve caves like Mammoth and Carlsbad. Absorbing carbon dioxide from the air and organic matter in the soil, it forms weak acids and seeps mad. Interest in natures murky basements has never been higher. Professional and casual tourists are going underground to visit the nations 17,000 known caves in record numbers. DECKED OUT like miniature miners, wall in a West youngsters scale an eight-foVirginia Cave. Cavings fun, says one budding spelunker, you can crawl around and get dirty without your parents getting Carlsbad rs into cracks in materials like like a soda staw. Where the limestone. drip continues, droplets falThe slowly moving water ling to the floor build a staland acids eventually dis- agmite growing upward. solve the stone to form tun- Sometimes stalactites and nels, irregular passages, stalagmite meet and grow and even larger caverns together in a pillar or colalong joints and between umn. Scientists value caves as layers of rock. Of course not all caves natural underground laborare formed this way. Some atories because they have a are shaped by wind, ocean, direct bearing on the underand volcanic eruption, but ground water system. Cavthe interplay of water and ernous limestone beds are limestone or similar rock among the most productive has carved by far the great- aquifers subsurface waterest number of caves. bearing rock formations in Stalactites are made by the United States and are, water seeping out of cavern therefore, important sourceilings and leaving a trail ces of water. of mineral in tubular shape, A cave whose seepage runs dry is termed dead. Few opportunities exist for people to see both a young growing wet cave and an old dead one at the same location. Not long ago man took a hand a fashioned both as an adjunct to the Arizona-Sonor- Desert a The Newsservice Washington Natures murky basements have never been more popular. Caves, within a few hours drive or crawl of most Americans, are attracting increasing numbers of and sightseers. There are perhaps 50,000 caves in the United States, and of these about 17,000 have been explored. They spe-lunke- rs Hordes ot other enthusiasts enjoy caving without having to squirm through dank, dark passageways. Tours of popular caves feature lighted manicured paths, tramways, even boat travel, the National Geographic Society reports. U. S. Geological Survey. Every dedicated spelunker hopes to find an undiscovered cave. As one professional caver put it: Most of us can only dream of going into orbit. But tomorrow any of us could be standing where no man has ever been before cave. Times-New- 100 2S (OfJSOLIE DIAGONAL Pecan woodgrain - casters Exclusive Power Sentry USES UP TO 64 LESS ENERGY! te en all-tu- be 75-w- . 75-w- light bulbs. Zenith Clock Radios - Zenith Radios Zenith Stereo Systems at deals too good to mention. 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