The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-30

Fa Il, ,3l,S SE9S ssa Noun 5%g@s3I 81 gs3.s Mountain
chi@nsy hmm RICK. 800 feet brocS Viii wSHpo"s GnI'"i
The crack extends along the shelf Of the rock.
300 feet from the verge II resembles "a crack
IN an immense brick work. The ilssure is ir-
regular. For some distance II Is vertical but
afterward becomes horizontal and so remains
II daily becomes longer. but does not increase
n width. limo place Is j. wider than SIX feet
Stones were thrown into il. md all were salts
fled that they could hear them strike bottom.
slope Of red clay on either side makes II dan
gerOus to examine the crcyce. but with some
difficulty a log was thrown across. and all
peered into its depths. Blank darkness alone
could be seen There was smell OF dead
leaves. but no scent Of sulphur. Tho ground
was humpy. and Awltords cattle We're watch
ing our operations over the rough fence.
II is evident that no earthquake has caused
the break. No one claims 10 have fc shock
since 1875 and persons living nt the foot Of the
mountain declare that they felt none at that
time The spring has hccn -. eyic..' We,'
and this undoubtedly accounts for the .."N'ee:
weeks rain might send millions oi tons o.
dks H s%H SSHe q2 n | o % %r BradR %s hh5 who Se yes
at the foot Of the mountain, says he has repeat
odly seen these slides. One occurred two weeks
cGimnSeyy' cGi iSy''p pSnk i eashed viii fallen rocks,
Arches thousand feet long are lett ny tnen.
and craggy hips and shoulders pr9ieet irom ,e. .he
whole section Of the mountain has been sIllt
into rocks and sunk hundreds ot feet below the
lumpy with quart. Caves and assures are nu-
merous. Within Che caves the quartz y set so
regularly that il ooks like the grain oithe rock.
The crystals un aoubtedy lessen the adhesive
Qualities OF the ock and the slides nnd strange
noises once hca ri ia the heart Of Bald noun
tain are caused oy the action oi water uhueI lhe
mountain. Tn rocks are undermined ana
sink, leaving ca ves and crumblng peaks.
Three great vi lirigcois. from twelve to twenty
feet across, fu nnel themselyes wlrnin '"'
mile Of Bald N ountain. Fence rails are sucked
INTO them, ~ & never reappear squndipEs
have been my 10. but no bottom has been dis
covered. Prob Vhly the strongest proof oi me
water theory are he VINO SrfSSss ~, s o m thhTy thn r
face few hund red feet above the base OF the
mountain. This rock Is cracked IN three ,,
creylcos. Mandrn kes, ferns. shrubs, and tops
Of trees six hundr u yards away are shhkoh @ ps
ths wind Mr. Fl sem"hb That VRhf hs m ehesPS PsSo arc
famed by this ley reeze WHle m SUM IN ani
archway 6f his log h ?use WI" a" tamSernr ans S,ghgs,
the wind il steady ah' W. w,mpr'"i'rph, ,,,,ppr 'rh
1r s"re 10 p0en e co Ia ~ sends II down into th
canon, making II e,r'Uus e,fnDu ,,yeIve to nne"'
in"bes vida anJ nh ,ut twenty feet long
4 few feet Of 6lasti & would undii11Hp'ed ii1r ra
ly open q very large ,,'WI"vy'icd The win,
eoos n tro irY on'S srevces that the hat
of visitors ere frenmentIv cent spinning dow
the side OF the mountain. ~ 'u ~ ~ ~, H. n, no,o
that few brenths Of il emil ~ o o ~ ~, Tho ito
These crevlcos undoubtr ~ ,IH"u tH', ot H. bns
Of tho cliffs lie the prent hnt eycs Of the liroN
river, dozen in number. A hNIuS sunhn -
bats pour from their depths at NuEhl. hhu rlI
Gle around tho mountain. The tatlN's say llu
there are millions OF them, bu our pAllSs oA
plorod one Of the caves aud (, wa very lew
Although this cave led under n r. cky lower ap
pular boulIera that Ind n"ia"ha I thcmsrlve
from the interior of The r"rkv over. Ere
quently the passages were SO nal VOW lhl w
crawed through them like serpents Alter go
Ing $50 yards. the boulders were so ilfge an,
packed SO close and our single cnnL 10 30 pau
that we turned back.
tures mark Bald mountain Caves oro usual
found In limestone fnrmntions Lut ,Ta elW m
evidences Of Limestone here The water Ssor-