Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-10-25
ICE CAVES IN MAINE.
A Visit to Weird Caycrns Where There is Ice
.,g Whole Year Around

A Visit to Weird Cayerns Where There is lee
,.o Whole Year Around.
A party of Norway and Oxford ladies
ana gentlemen visited the ice caves of
Greenwood, Wednesday of this week.
These natural curiosities are about a
dozen in number, and are situated about
three miles from the little village known
rs Greenwood City, IL is good road
Jtom Norway to within q quarter OF
mile of the caves and we enjoyed every
part Of the way.
The cavsrns are on land owned by Mr.
Eben Wentworth, and the entrance to
them is about two thirds OF The way up
Mt. Split, as no named this elevation. It
Is rather suggestive, If not an appro-
pirate designation. The path to them
lies through a heavily wooded tract OF
land where thore IL no opportunity of
seeing She surrounding country, and had
it NOS been for Mr.. Wentworth, who act
ed ga guide, it would have been difficult
TO follOv the trail.
Having rested, We moved up the noun
tain and soon reached tho mouth of
Valleys cave, one of the largest in the
whole lot 1t is a double stOried cavern,
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500 fest in length aud about a dozsn feet
in width. The exit is at the top of .he
mountain. The upper chamber il verv
much smaller and ia connected with the
first by passage large enough for half
dozen 20 pass abreast. This cave was
named by the late DR.. True, OF Bethel for
M. Valley of Boston, whose daughter
was the first lady 20 pass through the
entire length of the cavern
One OF the caves is shaped like well
nd il from twenty TO thirty feet in depth.
There are regular steps which vino
around the sides 10 the bottom. Here
are two chambers running in opposite
directions, one OF which leads nearly to
Observation rock. 1t il called Snake pas-
sage, and 70 pass through It one is
Obliged TO crswl on hands and knees. The
other chamber leads into a cavern which
is large and somewhat triangular, having
several chambers, one of which connects
With Well cave. The walls of this cham
Der rise upward some seventy-fye feet
or more.
In one of the caves ice is to be seen all
the year round. Our torches produced q
beautiful effsot upon the CLASSY surface
OF tle ice ana fIt cavern NAllrs tHChhUCtQ
oy the total darkness bnt short distance
from our lights. There is an exit to the
cavern on the other side Of the mountain
aHd one into Amphitheater cave.
The-e are two great riffs in the noun
tRin one running northeriy and the other
in the opposite direction. These are
great curiositIes and attract the attention
OF all Who visit the caves, and probably
these riffs gave the name to the mouut.
Tabls rock is the highess OF series of
lodges or shelving rocks that reach nearly
TO tbs foot Of the mountain. The view
from here ia magnificent e is only ex-
celled by that at the summit. While a
few OF the party were extended ct full
length upon II looking down from the
rock into the great amphitheater below,
they were startled by the exclamation of
s. S. Smith, who was seated In the "pul-
pit" small circular place in the ledge:
Get of from there. You don't know
vhsre you are! You are out away over
creation"
They drew back to investigate, end
foand that they had been hanging out
some fifty or sixty feet in midair upon a
shelf OF rock Only five or six feet in thick
ness.