The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-12-20
OAyERNS.
A graphIc Description Of Arlscnss
subtcrranean wonders. 2
What Some Of tho Papers Have 10
Say.
Some Of the CurIosI,ies Found Therein

| Seine OF Inc CurlOsitieS rOuAu Inoreih'
The Orion Era gives an interesting dc.
scription of visit 10 large cave In INT
mountains OF Apache county, Arizona Ter
riLory, and the curlosities 10 the bowels o.
the earth. The Era says The country
nrouad the mouth OF this remarkable cay
efn Is nearly level for about hall mile
south and is level to the north for many
miles, the place being surrounded by
niue timber, tall and stately, but
not 60 thick 40 further up the
slope If the Mogollen range OF mountains
There 10 slight depression, almost
| IN the shape OF saucer, where you enter
| Ike cove. THE entrance Is small, not more
| ia M two feet in diameter. On the other
eide o. large, black volcanic rock there
] Is another smaller opening. Then lighting
Tour torches, we, preceded Dy one OF tne
+ BOYS. made our way through this aperture
land proceeded about fifty feet down
lsucoth tunnel of solid black rock. In thai
Distance we descended about welveieet pc
llpg the surface, when our surronpdinks pc.
calns more plefsant, being then able to walk
ceut, and the cave appears, for consider
| ape distance, to be as solid
overhead as the foundations oil
Line rock OF Gibraltar, and the floor
appears to be covered with n kind OF clay:
Tue cave presents this appearance until
| YOU arrive near where IL forks, about ooo
FEET from the entrance, 1t appears as
though rock at some remote age mas Iaiien
Il, arge quantities into the cave, and here
" . nad to ascenda pile OF jagged, rough
volcanic rock for about II feet arg then de.
So, nd again the sane distance. Here the
,af, forks, the right hand fork turning
n1i running along at right angie;
from here we continued on in The leit hand
lolk for over three hundred ieet,
III some places climbing over
rugged rough ROCKS, hnp mere
aud there lice smooth floor Tor snort
distance, until we arrived at che end OF this
part of the cave, which we found by meas
urement was 800 ieet from where weleft the
beautiful day Tight OF heaven. Here we
found ourselves IN large chamber about
twenty feet wide. and ofa greater length
the floor was covered with ashes, and tne
bran or outside cover ng OF some kind OF
seeds. This is the spot where. Mr.. harris
discovered more thanone hnndred ana .li my
dishes, as well as beads and srrow-spi Kesi
and other Interesting curiosities, which had
been previously removed.
At this place we should Judge there
were from fifteen 10 twenty loads OF asnes
aud coal, and number OF bushels OF the
Gran of seeds, and think that at least one
hundred perscns would have room to slt
around q IRE in the centre Of this, the
largest room in the cave, There have APP
parently been numerous fires in other por-
tions Of the cave, as the ashes and coal
give evidence OF such being the fact, We
we're informed that several dishes were
found AT the point where the cave forke,
al most all the ceiling IN this part Of The
cave js elliptic ia form, and the average
hslght about twelve feet. some places
being lower, and others appearing 70 pc
went into the other branch OF the cave,
which, tor about fifty yards, Is slmiihr 60
the first branch, otherwise than that the
ceiling has q large crack in the centre large
enough to put yonr hand in, which rather
oaus es one to shudder OF the thought that
IL might fall and crush the behoider be-
meath its mighty weight. Fifty, yards from
where we left the main cave the opeulng
becomes very email, 90 small that person
has to crawl ON his hands and knees for
about $50 feet. This entire distance
is composed Of volcanic rock, and 10
solid, except at the entrance from the
larger cave, where there ID q large loose
rock. or az least rock that looks loose
From that point you descend sgain ABOUT
twelve feet, and hero the passage takes
another turn 20 the right Alter the oov
feet you enter cave about fourteen feel
wide and twenty-tour feet long. Hele. as
"a the larger cavs, there Is large pile OF
sshee. aronn nd which Mr. Joseph Patterson
and wv HsrtlA fund about fifty more dish
es. This so9nl ID 1906 feet from tins en.
trance, and to ali appearances there 10
but one entrance to this cave. The cave ~
st present very damp, as the water drops 10
from the top in several places; Ia one
plsce we sew water standing about four
inches deep in O small basin 10 the rock.
There Is a distinct trail leading from the
entrance 10 The end OF both rooms OF the
cave: along this trail the rocks are worn |
smooth by the travel over them and the
evidences are that at some remote period
Ihs place has been inhabited either BY the
Gave dweliers." or eiso BY some people
who have sought 1t In Tins OF danger for
Over two hundred crooks and dishes were
ound in the cave, some OF them bad the
outside Of seeds or some kind Of lood IN
hem. others contained water, this had
probably dropped through from the top |
Turing the wet season Of the year; among |
these two hundred crooks there are no two |
Alike. and yet all Of them are colored with |
various kinds Of devices and figures, giving
several OF them have the
figures Of some kind of animals stamped
Ia them, the coloring having apparently
been put IN previous to the crooks having
been burned. i
The arrow heads were all made out OF
fliut of various colors, and appeared to be
made BY skilled workmen Ia that line Of
Indian Ingenuity. About fur hundred
and eighty Of these arrow points we're
found. The beads are Of singular appear |
4nce. and there are numbers OF the tur-
puoise among them. several OF . very d ne
auality. The ear rings are made from sec
SPELLS. % they at present show the shape
hat some Of them had previous 70 being
made into their present shape. Some Of
them. however, are very much oecsyeo,
and when handled, rub OF like chalk when
il 10 damp. The entire collection Of cur,
osities has been purchased OF
Messrs. Harris and Patterson BY MI: y. u
Bubbell, Of Sc. Johns. and M. w. y.
Leonard, from near Navajo Station, on tne
A. p. 4. r. These gentiemen psid 2 mir
prices tor the collection. and VIII no doubt
keep them on exhibition In 81. Johns fof
ZONE time 70 come, and ve fnisk VII
imply repay any scientist 70 Gall % .nss
gentlemen. - the collt ction. ano tnen
Fisit the cave from Whence tney xeE
- ~, r,es,,;es thst RS ben discovered in The |
Isrr,,orv Of xriross. We eli felt amply ~ |
4 ~ To- onr troubls and timo IN going and |
visv,nv fhIs wonderful freak Of MT r. In |
'be formafion Of those subferraDeor pes
$50 formed In The bowels a The q IN. In |
~ beart Of solid black rock, or - u Il
Iornefimes called. Mniepia- fanse end |
hink Of The distance. go 1><t- and when
ve s<]d the length Of Ne $50 fofks toEetber,
re have about 200 ret q cavern In tbie,
'bs bsrdrst kind q rock thet can be found |
IN the American continent