The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1882-08-25
IDAHO's sUBTERRASEAN RIVERS.

EIItk bdfls. "a DDi-t lily, Hftic
driving his cattle ovcrto Snake river
last fall. came to a sink in the sa. O.
brush plain, some five miles from
Snake river. on the north side, and
about the same distance below the
mouth OF Catherine creek, which
empiies into Snake river from the
opposite or south side On getting
OF his horse and examining the I
place, he found Il hole or crevicc in
|, the rocks about a foot wide and
several feet long. and could hear the
roaring of large stream OF water
from beneathe In dropping stones
into the cavern or crevice they tum
bIed down between the rocks and
were LOST without hearing them
strike on the bottom or in the wa
/ ter The water appeared to come /
from the mountains and its course |
| was towards Suakeriver Heiudged |
| the stream to be as heavy as More |
creek. 1t was good deal larger
| than Copyen or Indian creeks and
he does not think it came from
either of those streams, bnt believes
it to be Il subterrancan river flowing
from or under the mountains on the
north, but where it empties is more
than lie can con, ,ecture. No such
stream is known to empty into the
Snake; but as there is no other pos
sible place of discharge, it may run
under and empty into the middle of
tie stream, Mr.. Davis thinks the
stream may be thirty ieet or more
below the surface, and as no such
stream is known in the mountains
between Snake and Boise rivers, it
/ may be subterranean outlet for a
portion of the Boise waters.
n Mctc Green, last spring. while cat
! with cattle discovered another Of
p these underground wonders. lie
9 WAS riding along early iii the morn
: ing ON the divide between Indian
k creek and Snake river, thirty..miles
: east of Boise City, when his horse
sprang aside. snorted and otherwise
i gave evidence of having seen or
hearl something unusual. The spot
n WAS on d little knoll on-the comb oil
!. a ridge, and Mete, who had been
IS almost asleep, taking sweep AROUND
:. with his eyes to learn the cause Of
"a his horses behavior, finally reste,
/, his ri ion OH what sc med to be
"A hole in the ground q few PAGES di
lant Dismonnting he was sooi
look M into a funnel-slapei oriiic,
F" 15 or 20 feet deep by 10 or IL at it
rim in diameter At the bottom o
= this iunnei--the soil giving on
tLere--was rift in the rock two %
% there feet in width BY iour or fix
'e in length, which seems to open int,
: the very bowels oi the earti
. Through this aperture came ii
= from the depahs below terribl
= roaring, as of a leaping cataract,
s mighty rush of waters, tumbiin
over rocks. The ground tremble
It. and the suhterranean noise contiI
iy ued uninterruptedly Green +,
he manned some time, and the longc
I'd he steued the more convinced h
nd became that what be heard was rur
re ming water. but how far down {
ill the steam he could not even conie'
he ture-might have been few feet {
is half way TO China And as I'll
N fissure vas large enough to TAX
be him in should his foot slip or "hea
hs swim" bis observation was not a
IL extended one. The principal thin
ux he did while there WAS to listen 10
les and strong and think loud-at a sa
Nj dista ice from the brink of the hol
Is Some seventy-tivc miles west
ng American Falls still another SUI
ar lerrancan river pours from myster
De- ous openings in the north side
h9 Snake river Canyon, aashing wit
ihr terrific force and volume into u
aid waters of the Snake, lae feet belo'
IN, II is one ofths grandest cata-acts
OF The West Nnmeless here this 81
on gular stream Il supposed TO be Il
ND resurrection ard new lite of Lo
cts fiver which disd ard WAS buried
leH the desert scnAs seventS maes 70 .