The Russellville Democrat., 1891-09-10
ALADOIN'S CAVE.

Remarkable Discovery of Prehistoric
 Treasures in Southeast Missouri.
 The following story is told in a special from Dexter, Mo-:
 It is only very recently that news of the discovery of ancient gold mines, that in years or ages ago have been worked and abandoned, has reached the ear of the public. And close following it your corre- spondent hss received the particulars of one of the most remarkable dis coveries of recent years.
 Shortly after the new railroad was built, 0. c. Frisbee, Of Jamestown, N. r., came into this county and purchased large amount of the tim- bered land which is situated on and about Lost Hill. He had otber mills situated at different points along the railroad. and last fall located one at the south end of Lost Hill, and pro- ceeded to cut the timber and manu- facture it into slaves.
 Some three months ago Mir. Fris- bee ascended the hill to get view of the surrounding country. On his way down he slipped and fell, and as he fell his hand ran into & hole un- derneath an oyerhanging rock and he was much surprised to feel that in- side there was large opening. He dug some of the soft earth away with his hands, and feeling satisfied that there was a cavern of some kind there he returned to the mill and se- cured the services of his son, 5. R. Frisbee, and his foreman, M-, McIn- tosh.
 They provided themselves with some shovels, crowbar, long piece of rope and lantern, and not having been seen by any one st the mill, returned to the spot where MT. Frisbee had made his discovery. After removing some of the earth from around the rock, judge their astonishment when the top Of per fectly cut arch WAS disclosed cut in the solid rock and showing great skill and careful workmanship. Ii did not take loTg to remove enough earth to make an opening that they could enter, and after lighting their lantern they crept in one after an other and found themselves in tun- nel, the sides of which were about six feet apart, and the arched roof about twelve feet above their heads. The sides of the tunnel or passage way were covered with immense figures cut out in bold relief, show ing men engaged in the chase with spears, hatchets, bows and arrows and some unknown implement that the explorers took for slings. The few women pictured there were engaged in domestic occupation s- cooking, cleaning hides begged out on the ground after the manner of the Indians of to-day, and in one or two instances were cleaning fish. The sculP lures were remarkably dis tinct, and looked as if the artist had tNHk uA4Nhbh tuEiEs nb uEhlGS NEiC all at least ten feet in height and re- markedly well proportioned. The men went along the passage about one hundred feet, where it turned sharply to the right, and, after fol- lowing this short distance, entered & room so large that the feeble rays of their lanterns could not penetrate the darkness that hung over the end of the room farthest from the en. trance. As it was nearly night when they started upon their explorations, they withdrew to wait until the D ext day before going farther into tle cavern.
 They returned in the morning pro vided, in addition to their tools on the previous day, with two large torches, and upon regaining the room 1t them and found themselves s in room or cave 150 feet long by 60 wide and 20 high. Around the sides of this room were large