The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-03-16
Discovery Of "a cave in u Silver
MT Rltpe In kApiH9nasv. eYwh

A fow weeks ago miner in the Patagonia
and Mowry Silver Mine, Arizona, while en-.
gagged in running drift on vein, opened
into largo aud beautiful cave. 1t has
since been visited by tourists one of whom
thus dcsefnssnIhAae sab FraDascoBDl-
htia:
Our party entered it with candIes SadEf
'guidcs For fifty feet after leaving the drift
the descent was quito abrupt; then to the
other end, or what was supposed to be tue
'dlhcr end of tho cave, a diStahCe of olic
Hundred ap1, fifty feet the bottom was quite
hvcl, tltohgh broken by largo rocks Tho
sides, which are over fifty feet apart, and
fully forty teet high, join nearly bvei' The
ccntcr, forming an arch the whole not mueh
unli',o tho general interior OF an elongated
.and sharp archod oven. ,,,,, ,,,y. ,......
These sides however, are covered With
beautiful stalae tites, Of q lisi1cs and shapes,
mtcrspreal witli'a formation rcsemJ ling,
d ifDsty morning. Some of the formations
arG nearly transparent aud bear striking
resemblance 10 iciclcs hanging from the
caves. Other ones appear like amber. The
transparent. formations arc. smooth; the
cdlwetl gopes are e.rougl5 not unlike epmel,
while the snowy posts lave sharp, fine, Aud
brslo points upon their delicate surface,
which caused us TO handle the speoimena
We obtained with great caro-, for the two
fold Object of protcothig lthemfhhd our
hands from injury. Tho dim rays of our
candles were reflected 1h'a brilliant aud
pleasing, .panpah calIsipg pauyl oXrlama-
lions OF delight from Tho various members
of the party, as come new beauty WAS dis,
covered. brilliantly lighted mp, this cave
would present . "a, ge9us appearance. 4
About two-thiras ofthcway fromthc eris
trance another cave, smaller aud lower than
the one inst stampntiaped, aww eyisited by
several members Of the party In this cave,
which 10 seryj low, We orawled rabout fifty
! feet when the passage BECAME 80 narrow
aud the cxcrtion so g:eat that further pro-
grcss was considered use'ess waste of
| timc aud physical force. The bottom, top
and sides OF this smaller cave are covered
with beautiful water formations pendant
and growing upward from solid limestone
that t9rWs lhe bedrock sYi tie scayes, ssln
this snuler'c cave atis opening wds 'foftned,
] not large, opnnsh to admit tho passage . VI q
mUtf, iiito' which, ono Of the party lfopped
u stone, which fell silently several seconds
before il was heard TO strike tho bottom,
thus giving suro evidence OF still another
and larger cave below. hs we were limited
for time, we did not attempt to explore the
caves Iartlnr; hut Vocumg spoba spuei-
mens'as' wa coUlt with tie aid OF a crowbar
and tho sexpepduupe ely saFepgiSs weEreS
turned TO the upper world again.
! lttisA my iapressiopCt tlRk the gcnerpl
l0ourso oI tho caves is northeast 10y south
west, aud that the lowermoRt one viii abp
found to bc very large and extensive. Tie
upper and sas at present known, larger
cave is perfectly dry. In the smaller one
which is some tenleet below tho other,
a several small basins or pools OF water were
I found, and tina IorhadoIis from the roo
were dripping, Ihave no doubt that in q
foys mon ths,swhoWth o which ssries OGeAsc'
has been thoroughly explore !, very Large
4 beautiful mia exts,isiSe'6uts Vim 10 'f6Ghc
4 and prol ably quite largo body of water
Il even would no, be surprising if larg,
deposit of silver ore was found in one Q
the caves, as quite u large and welldevol
opcd vein Of ore was being worked whel
tlioaepltAnpc 10 thecSye WAS boin IA n,ado
Ono thing Is sure, it viii become grea
curiosity y, this great eppptry- Ccddnlrs.