Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-09-15

cave. called the Wild Cat avenue, a
large. low room, with very muddy
floor. on perhaps as low level as any
other spot in the whole cave. Beyond
it is Maggie's grotto, about thirty feet
wide. From this they made Their way
again into the main avenue they had
left for this traverse cave, and which
bears the name of the Little Giant
avenue.
And now they met with novel diff
ficulty, for the floor was cut with
series OF pits that could be crossed only
by bracing themselves against the OPP
pasite walls Coming to pit too wide
to be managed in this way, the boys
i'm bed to the top of the passage, and
striding the chasm for half an hour,
they finally descended from a rocky
shelf to beautiful stream flowing
between snowy banks called
the Marble rivu'et. Along its
banks grew many spongoidal forms,
with slender necks, but that the ex-
p,orers found too tough to be broken
Off by anything at hand. Ascending
the Marble hill they enjoyed smooth
sandy floor for 800 feet, where they
walked between creamy walls curving
in and out in rounded lines. Then
came q tiresome crawl, varied occasion
ally by the cavern's suddenly folding
in upon itself in such a manner as to
compel the poor boys to lie sideways and
drag themselves around the sharpest
kind of devils elbows" as they called
them. Striding Rode rock, No. 2,
they came to Langsdale's basin, a small
pool in room ten feet in diameter.
This pool is very shallow and its bot
tom covered with Il fine yellow sedi-
ment. Imagine their emotions on
seeing written there by the finger, and
seeming as fresh as if inscribed yester-
day, the names of Rothrock and
Langsdale. written in 1860, long before
those now gazing on the inscriptions
were born.
i by an opening through the left hand
wall, and down steep clay bank, they
next entered a spacious cave, distinct
from those they had been exploring.
Taking it's right hand branch, they
crawled over floor resembling frozen
waves coated with blush slime, while
the roof, instead of rock, was crum-
bling clay, by which they feared that
they might be buried alive unless they
were very careful. On reaching cross
trench whose Shiny walls threatened
to allow no escape for those who should
get within their grasp. they were dis
gusted and turned back, although
tempted to searcn for the locality of an
invisible cascade whose mournful music
filed the air.
by this time it was one o'clock a. H.,
the stock of candles was getting
low, and the boys were weary. They
thought themselves near Maggie's
grotto, and spent an hour and "a half
hunting the opening into it, not aware
that they had really passed far above
and beyond it. On they went painfully
and by most dangerous path, if a
way could be called II path where their
feet never touched ground for 400
yards. Presently the passage sank to
a width of six inches, and they could
neither go forward nor backward nor
upward.
In five minutes more they were creep
ing through to the Ice house, whence,
outstanding their candles, they hurried
down the Northern arm, and emerged
from the cave at q a. m, just in time
for an early breakfast, for which their
long fast gave them keen appetite.
Like brave exp rers they announce
their intention of taking the same trip
again, with a better equipment, rope
ladders, plenty of food, and large
supply of candles, in hope of reaching
regions far beyond those already
visited