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Show BOY SCOUTS VISIT CAVE NEAR MOAB MOAB Ian 16 A body of Boy SCOUta, under tho leadership of Scout-nvaster Scout-nvaster R. W. Spencer, a few days ago explored tho cave located on tho top of the rim two miles southwest of Mo- j ah. The entrance lo the cuvo Is 1G00 feet abovo the level of the Colorado j river, and on first entering the cleft i I In the rocks. It has the appearance i Of a mine haf t The walls for fifty feet or more are! straight an,i smooth from the top and sides. This debris in places makes Ihe cavo adaptable for exploration by ; people of the lean and lanky variety for In several places a fat person, would bo unable to proceed. About one hundred flft foct from! the entrance the visitor has to crawl I through a small aperture In tho rocks i and in three or four steps moro he Will find himself at the brink of thej I Jump-off." Hero tho wall sinks abruptly to a depth of 170 feet |