, 1879-01-28
A CALIFORNIA MARVEL.
Tho Recent Discovery in Tu0lumho County
What Cnme OF NcacntlHG Squirrels
Challenge.

Tho Recent Discovery IN Tu0lumhc County
What Cnmc OF NcacntlnG Squirrels
Challenge.
Ttoinmhs tCai.l fad<ptntenf.
A. Gardner has discovered mammoth caro-
IN The dividing rdHc between atr eouih Brunch
and main Stauislaus Rivers, two ,ntles nboys
the junction ntlt! one mile northerly from l'lpc
Log, at ~ elevation Of about 1,800 feet abore
tho rlyer. The dtscovcry was mat!o under the
following very peculiar circumstances, In which
ail insignificant squirrel figures very conspIcu-
pusy. Uu tho lst uf December, 1878, Gardner
says tc WAS eEgnged til working hts placer claim,
which IN diita,lt 10o lert from the entrance Of
tllo caVl. 4 squirrel t,crcllc1 itself upon tree
near BY ai,d commenced tn chatter ut.s spit
acuru.shucks Ut him. This he considered clla-
lcngo to night Il cut on that line. so he re-.
paired to Ills cabin alul artncd himself with .
:oabie,i,aEretcd shot-gnn. marched % out ~! nm!
opened with sorftctl skfr1nlAll Of both parties
aud ended after Gardner lIa,l ircd Hcvcu rounds
at hin er1elshtp-shr buycnth just ~ i,ts sitt!t
tormettor WA iaapear1lnT @ ~ a,! ts ~ aafk ; t.
lie puraucti It to It's retreat. and then cou.
ne,icc,l scnrchn9 In the cruEice, to discover, II
possible, ts hiding place of bis yanquiahcd foe,
hut Jailed. itH scarct, hpweTer sesaited in ths
discovery of tho greatest natural wonder in the
countr, nItl, perhaps, lii tho State, ~ future
Developments In that direction may PROVE In ita
class. Bn closes lie history OF it, discovery.
It is adorued With decorations Of dazxlsng
beauty, nnsurpasscd IN character on The Paestie
alopc. TIC eitranro to tiic cave Is situntsd at
the basu Of bluif, and eighty fret nboye tic
gulcll. and access IL nau through crtVlt1 IN
tl: ielsr, thrcu feet in width " *!x feet y,
reach the a.or Ut vi ttlallucl archway, dtoplug
ut an angle Of thiray.dYc degrees, lro,il twenty
tp thirty feet in Ai1ht, hS thsrtY feet III width
Descending the tncflnr. which 10 100 test y.
lengttlt We rcarh the Hour Vi tt,e Yrpnd nrra-
f,ftp In kEftr frPt III Gliyft. VAfr5nft
In with FROM tws'!ty tn tlI1ty feet, fron wlclt
sadiats ecurCE Of similar atchWays leading to
spacious chamGcrs, with tleit loity cei!inss
sparkle in t,r light ol lamp Ike getls oi ocran
wares Of Which WI read: Tic Aoors atM wall.
Ut tlla suhtcrsaltcolis a4i1 aTo entirely coated
With stalagIaltcs, pure crystaIliIatlon. We eau
bcst tlrsrtbe this crystal formation, III this vile
pears tu tl.a ytsiun. lku a shrct Of SNOW Tying
loosely in large hakes on Iare Ut 4Iaaa. We
Visited, under guidance Ut the dlscovercr, naHy
aEs snsmesfs, et wnrt e esaniear rar,, a..
through tho sIhtesrat'cgI,s arrl.ways wero con
tinuel for four hours. tn give The nlcst minute
details Ut wllYt VIZ Witnessed during our rat1l
IT, in ny s.ss x9aa ~ fSffs ,a9Ea Of .s
il sixty fret I'll 1caath,. t~euty icst tn width
floor UNI! wals crysla ltixrd; from tue ceiling de
pend hundreds Vi staluctites fEo,n one ~ slx fee
In leugtlI This chamber fur tuEpssses llle won
dlous beautles OF ulu Scare CITY /" of Calavcral
County. 10 saya Il, NostwIck. WHO. IL 1Ss'g
visited tslut caYc. "lllu Crystal paiarc.
though not 20 spacious as tt'c tifst't,cnttoilet
room, il equally u attractive; tts esysta! fortua
| titna arc VI TaEu beauty.
Explorations mals Vi thn cave extend over a
ares of onc-huIl Iuile. In no direction alrced
explored has t!scEe been found any tcr1ntuattnI
nutut u tl,c cavern. ua!dnrF ~ : Le wIll cu'l
tinue to explore till every recess Of tlI. cayc |
| tt,sct,yercd a.d it, extent known. Tbsoug
| so,ne eyatc1n ol experimental Auryefs Of tn
surface, hu determined the extent OF thr care t
1 hn tnuP tntleS.