The Nevada journal., 1852-04-04

place, and did not wish to meet Sp
rit in the Sierra Nevada, that migf
introduce me to some such orgery q
the German poets tell us are the sport
of the spirits of the Rhine.
"Ringlet Hall, 80 feet This ough
to have been called boudoir or whateve
English word expresses the same thing
1t is delicate "place, finished and fit
! ted up with taste,' fit for adys sane
tum sanstorum. 1t is all of virgin white
ness, pure as marble, and beautiful a
the rainbow, The roof is hung will
thousands of stalactities not massive
but delicate as gossamer. A rougl
hand might sweep away the whole at {
blow, but art could never repair the
damage 1t is such place as beget.
good humor, and brings smiles upon the
beholder but as indescribable rs the
earthquake. The Fountain room, @
feet. The chief popularity Of this room
is continuous caicareous petrifac ton
from the top to the bottom, on one side
resembling frozen waterfall. 1t j,
about thirty feet high, and half as many
broad. lf any one of your readers will
imagine acascade of about these dimen.
sions suddenly changed to marble, they
will have n pretty good idea of the
Fountain" which gave the room its
name. Furnace room, 30 feet" This
vas discovered during our exploration
| did not myself see it, but the discove-
rer informed me there was nothing to be
seen in it worth going out Of my way
for.
The above description applies to what
we saw during our exploration of near
ly half day. the termination of which
brought us back to the place whence
we started In order that Mr.. Taylor
might avail himself Of the information
possessed by another gentleman who
was familiar with the cave, further
exploration was deferred to the next
morning.
Our second underground research was
BY no means so extensive as the first
but entering as before, we took another
passage from the Entrance Hall, and
found ourselves in the Devils Supper
Room" The room was not unlike ma
ny of the othors, except there was in it
q petrifaction resembling q table, and
in the floor place worn so that it some
what resembled footprint People
are apt to associate the idea Of his Sa-
tanic majesty with caverns and places
underground, and this mnemote chnic
sympathy, suppose, gave the title of
DEVILS Supper Room to this place, A
place called the Ball Room because
the floor was very smooth, and the Cay
ote Graveyard finished our exploration.
This last was an apartment about $50
yards from the main entrance, through
an orifice in the roof of which we could
see the light of day. The floor was COW
cred with the bones of the cayOte (prai-
rie wolf.) The animals had probably y
found an entrance near where we saw
the light, and once in tho cavern, were
unable to find their way out, and SO per
ished of hunger.
There was one room We did not en-.
ter, as water had obstructed the pas
sage and it is probable others may be
discovered.
have written this description with
u view to give your readers as good an
idea as | am capable of imparting, Of
this wonderful place, and have measur-
ed geographically only SO far as deem>
ed necessary to aid the Imagination -
Taylor's Cave, in Europe, would be u
world wide attraction but situated
where it is, few of your readers will pro-
badly ever visit it. walked ten miles
over the mountains and slept on the
ground of cold night in December, to
see it, and am well repaid. 1t is one of
those bye places in which Nature often
performs her most wonderful acts, rs If
seeking for her choicest spots unprcfan-
ed by human eyes.