Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-01-07
ANOTHER WONDER. What the Love of Adv enture Leads t0-Remar sh;able Cave Discovery im
 

The love of adventure and desire to
 discover new count ries and things, seems
 to bs inherent in the human breast, not
 only among civilized nations but barbar
 ous alike. No wonder then that archae-
 ological researches possess strange
 fascination for men of erudite proclIvi
 ties. The roll of slvants includes many
 names of men who have devoted life | time and fortunes ill the prosecution of
 their chosen work, as instance the re-
 searches of that eminent savant, Dr. | Schuman, of London, whose labors
 among the catacombs of Egypt have fur
 nished tie devotees of antiquities so | much rich material to study over At | a late day it became evident that Amer ica was rich field for the archaeologist. l | The mound builders of Ohio furnished | evidences of an extinct race that was food | | fC reflection. Under the fostering care | of the Smithsonian Institute these re- arches have gradually extended into 1 New Mexico and Arizona and at present large party are at work at Los Muertos exploring that ancient city. The work
 is under the Management of Mir. Frank H. Cushing, who is director of the Hem
 enway exploring expedition. The re-
 suits so far have been astonishing and
 the indications are that thOusandth part
 of what lies there hidden has not yet
 been unearthed. Naturally these expl0r-
 ations in our midst excites the curiosity
 of the people, The other day, Mr. $. J.
 Levey, while out for hunt, thought he
 would cross over the divide and go into
 the camp where the Hemenway expe-
 dition is now at work at Los Muertos
 In going up the hill he struck blind
 trail, but from appearances long unused. Nothing but basaltic rocks and scorIa
 were to be seen, except now and then
 patch of saprifage. At length tired and
 weary with his long tramp he set down to
 rest; mechanically picking up a piece of
 loose rock to examine 1t he Saw nothing
 of mineral nature about 1t and con
 temptuously threw 1t into bunch of this
 species of saprifage. He was some what
 startled by hearing rumbling noise is-
 sue flom the bushes. With Mir. Levcy,
 to think is to act, so he proceeded to the
 spot and pushing the bushes to one side
 discovered among the rocks an opening
 barely large enough to admit of a mans
 body. A careful examination showed that the opening short distance in widened out and was of a gentle descent.
 His curiosity now fully awak eued, he re-
 solved to inves i5ate. Caref; Il : examining his gun to see if it was all right, he pro
 ceeded to crawl in on hands and knees;
 a crawl of some 10 yards brought him to larger portion of this entra nee whereby he could walk upright. Carefully grop- ing his way along in the dim light there
 burst upon his vision q sight he will never forget. There he stood on the threshold of a vast cav lighted from small aperture above. In shape the
 cavern IS of an oblong figure and is prob ) ably about 80 feet in length by 40 Tn g width. The most remarkable part of g the cave IS its interior; the floor Is per S fectly level and composed of what may be taken for scagliola, while the sides 2 are composed of beautiful crystals that l sparkle and scintillate in the dim light l like so many diamonds; but the roof is Q its most wonderful part. Arched away l overhead hundred feet ill height, like s a vast dome, hang beautiful pendants 3 and stalactites of translucent whiteness l and purity that scintillate in all the col l DTS of the rainbow. Upon turning round 0 to leave this magnificent specimen oi e natures handwork he saw a projecting | wall. Gong round this he found lyinq
 on the floor a l. u nan skeleton thus show. l. ing that the place had been occupied be- T fore. After the shock of momentary f fear had passed away Mir. Levey examin- : ed the remains to see if any clew could q be found as to who was the silent dead. l. Beside him lay his gun or, rather, " hat Q was left of it, and at his feet lay pile of bones, the remains of his dog, his last / and faithful companion But time, that fell destroyer, had obliterated all traces . as to how the poor unfortunate had met II his fate. Who hc was, or whence he a came remains a mystery. Only few
 fragments of clothing remained to tell r the tale and these had withstood the ra- T. wages of time In the outside pocket of n his coat was found a mutilated receipt
 which, after careful scrutiny, showed
 that he bought his clothing at J D. Rit- tenhouses store. This accounted for
 their lasting so long.
 . MT. Lucien E. Walker and bride ar. I lived last Sunday and will likely make
 their future home in Arizona Mir Walk. Q CT reached Casa Grande just fifteen | months to a day from the date of his . departure for the east. He is looking IT very much improved in health. During :; his absence MT. Walker visited nearly all :, portions of the eastern States as well as 7 Canada and Cuba and while he found
 much to interest him he failed to find a anywhere such perfection of climate and a so many opportunities in a business way f as Arizona offers. He is glad to be at I home again and his many friends here Q are pleased to meet him once more.
 The firm of H. $. Bridge S Go. merch- e ant tailors of San Francisco, of which s Mr. Torn Davis is the ''Co" has branch h house at Phenix and will probably estab fish one in Florence ere long, Mr. Davi,
 is property holder here and has recently l taken up a ranch under the Florence a canal The people of Florence who send f Aoroao co get rne1r c11.si-:--e, =--1-- shou1d
 reserve thelr patronage for this sterling l. frm-which Ill a measure, is home in
 stitution. Mr. Davis al ways has a good word to say for Florence In his travels
 and is firm believer in the gran d future
 tha. awaits this valley
 e The fact is not generally known that [ Chief Pacheen and his band of Apache
 Indians have gone from the San Pedro X river to the reservation to remain. When