Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-07-22 | Page 8 | Utah Archaeologists Knew of Big Caverns

UTAH ARCHAEOLOGISTS KNEW OF BIG CAVERNS IVre rrt Apprised of oC ima Arl Cm Cn ci es Two lio Y nr Ago mid and Intended to cm Reports of the tIme mammoth eaves es In Northwestern Arizona which have Just been heen confirmed b by Prore Professor sor Edgar Edgar Edgar Ed Ed- gar I L. L Hewett of Denver had been received b by the geologists at the University University Uni Uni- of or Utah about two years ears ago The TIme previous reports however had hall been only In tho lie form of ot well denned defined rumors and to date dato no scientific account ac ac- ac- ac count of these natural wonders had been made Dr Fred J. J Pack Pace of the lie University ersIL of or Utah said It hind had been the hope of or Utah archaeologists that thc they might bo be CI first CIt t to ex explore 1 lore these caverns erns and that the Utah f scientists Intended if IC possible to Investigate tI the reports on omi their own account The report made by Professor lIe hew ett ott said the time caverns were bl big enough to contain city office buildings s and near them were ero some of or tho the largest est natural bridges el in the world