Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-11-23
AMERICAS LATEST WONDER.
4 Two Days Exploration or yir-
Hinin Cayerns.


From the y. Y. Herald
LURAf. PAGE COUNTY VA,
November lu, 1873.
| Since my last communication to the
| Herald these wonderful cavcrns are de-
veloping into something simply enor.
nous. Almost at every turn new cavcrrs
are being discovered, not singly, but III
large numbers. Your Correspondent has
been climbing and crawling Tor several
| days past on tours ui discovery In
company with the pruprietnrs ana sew
erti other gentlemen we went down Into
the gorge now called the Skeleton :
Guich and. bearing 10 the lett in 1t south
crly direction, climbed Il steep hillside.
some forty feet. and then continued in 4
! straight course tive hundred yards OF
more. having frequently 10 stonp and
crawl. AT the end OF this distance we
| found another very steep ascent, at tn"
top OF which we saw hole large enough
to drag our bodies through. which We
accordingly did. liEdlug ourselves in Il
small round chamber, with beautiful
| spring IN the center. StalaCtitcS OF every
conceivable form and hue were here in
pruiusiOn. Many of them had assumed
grotcsque and fantastic shapes, and
would make rare ornaments Tor III" most
elegantly appointed drawing room.
SERIES OF CHAMBERS.
We Soon discovered that this was
merely an ante chamber for series OF
others, and emerged through narrow
opening into another much larger apart
ment Ui oblong shape. The ceiling ui
this room was white ;is the driven now.
the walls We're a MIXTURE OF green and
orange, and the dome seemed to be sup
ported by tive large pillars in Il straight
row at Intervals OF 4 few feet. These
pillars We're all similar i'll appearance,
being small at the base and gruwln,,
large rs they ascended. The floor was
OF soft clay. and at every step we drag
ged i heavy load OF earth with Us Look.
ing up We saw = square opening III til,
ceiling, and by the aid OF various staiag,
mites protruding from the walls wc
climbed up INTO another chamber: II
other words. into 4 second story similar
to the lower one. with the exception o
the pillars, but we were more than com
peusated for these by another wonderful
discovery. In our front, running under
Il number OF arches. with magniticcn
cnln,rpS ,,, ri,har :; 10 ,,,j ,,,r,,,..,,,, ,
,,v :, go,b;r rnof nr hl,'o ,nj y'Li,o u..
snr7n,, or water nrnh,i,Iy ,hir,I ,on
long 10y twelve or fifteen, and with al
actual depth of sixteen feet. The i'm
mensc basin looked ;,s il cut into q sUht
block OF marble. Though sixteen tee
III depth, the pure white bottom was per
iccr.y dlscernable. am utterly lost to
! words to describe its exquisite bcautr
IN" us i'as ','iee"' SURROUNDINGS
were I"'" |" Iea' H. p"' "'"' pt's'e'
Us .h" we were op!' yea 10 :" on.
.,,.; -
s'IS ~ 'ie - p'' :. "''' 10" ~:
'e'9 ""'." "'' i''" '''r '''LI "' t"I
Il c""tiioe' I'v''i '"t t"t'a!''e l" lhe >Prih;
q we '"oNt" GOV" III" " mat we c"h>ihri
pow" l, "r
= po3! o. water PeE't'IN H!eaF ana per
iecliN round pFoot"iN >lNtS OF seventy
iect in Iirchiliiet'hce. We c"u'd Ii"
I see liie hntt"ih' 80 "elei hiiiir" 10 lhra-
sure 1t. We attached i weight I" Ion:
line ana cast mt" the water. pom pa,
.'hS 1t out We found II measured forty
seven ieet ana se"iiird upon 'uithrf TX
animation 10 De "i about equal depth q.
around. We H'd not 'arr4 long her" u
the ieuGe which We stood on seemed
lr"l. one an" '"F i person "ho c"uI'
not SWIM IL was TO say the iet>t, AN III
convenient place. returning 'hr"u-L
the aperture 10 me sF"h'i" moor '""I>
: WAS I"hch l" lhe ie't ah! ""zen Z"
"1"'e t"'''''" WY l""i" ram III;
: from ten % IhH'S .e't square, an" a.
a""uilH'"S n s''''"e,'Ies an" "F"Pefie'