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Show After golnc a short distance rrom the mouth Ihore v:is no vegetation. There is no opening at the base of the mountain moun-tain and there are no streams In tho cave so far as wo have jet discovered. MAMMOTH CAVE II ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS IT IS DISCOVERED BY AN OLD-TIME OLD-TIME WOODMAN. - With a Companion, Captain Thomas Explored It for 1,000 Feet, But Did Not Determine Its Extent. Sarnac Lake, N. Y.. March 10. Captain Cap-tain E. E. Thomas, an old-time woodman, wood-man, has discovered a great cave in. a Becludod part of the Adirondacks, which may rival the famous Mammoth cave of Kentucky. Thomas chanced to strike tho entrance to the cavern on the summit of a mountain seldom visited by travelers or sportsmen, some time ago, but kept the matter secret until he could make an investigation. inves-tigation. Talcing a companion with him he entered tho cavern for a thousand thous-and feet and a the end was not reached reach-ed the extent of the cave from that point on, is not as yet determined. It is situated on a mountain known as "W" mountain, not far from Standlsh, N. Y. In describing his discovery tho old woodsman said: "The mouth Is about fifty feet wide. Tho first room Is fifty feet long, twenty twen-ty feet wldo and thirty feet high. It swarmed with bats, which lined the walls and Beemed scarcely able to move. Thoro was a decided smell of sulphur. In the next room, which was about 40' by 15 by 25 feet, we found passages branching In every direction, di-rection, and were unablo to explore all of them. With only the feeble rays of a lantern to guide us, wo several times narrowly escaped falling Into pits. You can Imagine how deep some of these wcro when I 6ay that we had time to count fifteen and twenty before rocks we dropped Into them wcro heard to strike and we did not count rapidly. An elk's horn waB found by us far Inside th cave. |