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Show I FOREST RANGERS DISCOVER I CAVE IN AM. FORK CANYON NHL 9 LHHHl mmmMI flffi American Fork, Aug. 30. Forest BlH rangors havo discovered tho mouth of IH the mysterious scenic cave, concern- SM ing which thoro have been roports go- Ing around this and noarby communl- 119 l,ofl for a numtor ot yars llMf Tho cavo hns always been dcscrlbod ill as far excelling In slzo and beauty K Hanson's cavo and although Its open- VmO lng was known to bo on a certain inln- MMm 'ng cla,m ,n Amor,cnn Forlc canyn jlBl Its location was novor mado publicly J known. jfl Tho ownors ot tho mining claim, MB who, It Is said, havo failed to do tholr MM assosstnent work nnd havo been hold- Ijl ing tlio claim for tho purposo ot ox- w plotting tho cavo havo taken dlfTor- fll ont porsons thoro In tho past few KiB years and aro said to havo been of- IH forcd 5,000 by a Now York museum 111 for tho right to tako from It such stnl- 111 artltes as doslred. 1I According to Dana T. Parkinson, MM supervisor of tho Wasatch forest, who SH visited tho cavo yesterday nccompa- HH nlcd by u photographer, tho cavo has fl many rooms and covers four or flvo On miles. The oponlng Is said to bo far ftm up on tho sldo of tho canyon but only distant from tho Hnnscu cavo opening open-ing about a ciuartor of a mile. Mr. Parkinson has asslBned n man to guard tho ontrnnco until a door can bo mado to closo It. Ho announced an-nounced horo today that ?2G0 would bo oxpended Immediately to guard and mako a trail to the cavo and that oventually a houso would be built thoro, guides omploycd and parties taken through tho cavo Ho declared thoro will bo no permission granted to removo nnythlng from tho cavo and also that partlos making tho trip would bo sovoroly dealt with fol- in any way marring or dofaclng Us natural nat-ural benutles. Ho suld tho plans now call for lighting tho mnln rooms of tho cavo and sections of the four lakes Included In tho portion so far explored. Tho nbovo artlclo appeared In tho Doscrot News last Tuosday and a llko artlclo camo out In tho Citizen Saturday. Sat-urday. Tho cavo on tho mining proporty reefrrod to In tho artlclo has boon visited by many Lehl people nnd as far as wo know thoro Is not a great amount of mystory about it. It Is located on a mining claim bo- longing to J. C. dough, John Hutch-Ings Hutch-Ings and J. C. Oough, Jr., and was oponod up by them six yenrs ngo. According to Mr. dough tho cavo ontrnnco was opened by removing largo boldors from Its mouth. It Is located only a fow hundred yards from tho Hansen cava and is dlscrlbcd as bolng about 1,000 fcot long. Thoro nro four compartments and two small lakes. Thoro aro many stalactites In tho cavo. Tho mining clnlm is within with-in tho forost rosorvo nnd slnco tho ownors decided to abandon tho proporty prop-orty nnd coased doing tholr assosment work thoy lost tltlo to tho cave. Mr. Gough, when aaked about tho report, stated ho had novor personally personal-ly reeclved an offer for any rollcs In tho cavo and had refused to tako Parkinson to tho cavo thinking that ho had no moro authority than any othor cltizon in tho mnttor. |