Show I Exploration of Caverns The first white man known to have explored the Carlsbad Caverns Caverns Caverns erns is Jim White a cowboy of the locality This was In 1901 Seeing a a. t dark moving column issuing from the region he investigated and found a natural opening in the earth which led down to the caverns The dark column proved to toce oe ce alive a moving stream of bats emerging from their day long daylong long sees sies la to in the darkness of the caves His reports of the size and magnificence mag of 01 the underground chamers cham- cham ers led to examinations of or the cava by representatives of the fedial fed ted oral ial government and finally re result result- d III Hi the reservation of or the area jr it public use and enjoyment |