The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-02
THE GREAT CAVE OF OREGON.
MORE 1BOUT ITS WONDERS As RE-
rEsIED BY THE ExPLOREvs TORCH.

yEAIED BIZ THE ENPLORER'S TORCH.
Miles OF Passage, and Chambers Crowded
with Fantastic ana Familiar Shapcs-A
Giant Face La "a Towering Dome Lakes.
streams, and Catnrncts beneath n star
1T Subtrrr,nenn Sky-Awnterfan Done
In c-Finsi-iiuht photography win
an Accompaniment Of Thunder
flouus s,n Francisco Examiner
Near the hoad OF long canon in southern
Oregon is tho great cave recently hisSoys nsn
Two opcntngs give access 70 ~, ALL Yipostone
lduir. This lWostvn. extends ior mics n ~
LOOKS ns massive nnd foid OUTSIDE Ms n hnS
like piio that has hecn cxposcd 70 tne ,oren n
Tor years. Tor mies and miles ,meso r nn1cns
order or s,stcm. Strike n 0locs OF ise with a
MALE and !ho cracks That show insia as ne me
n mn"n IN te " great S limo tona bns Many Of
these passages IRE Of SURF eaui,,i SEM
,tna om st Gamt Oh the pSrsst
clcarcet water in Il W rid making tho UNDER
srpHad ma ye, 6ssa IL yosephno county
Oregon about twclve miles north Of California
AMI about Tory meo from the coast
dt;ioH oG to rene tns cave from Kcrby, but that
WIS manly h,ceus' Tho road was hndly Oh.
ana the trail has heen made around the bad
places, i, shout! be made in day, or at most
Hail "a. !. noicn torehcs-tho. regular hurrah-
ior.t lcvclanl-nad- Harrison kind.wcre iaken
aore TO iimminate tho ave ca, i've n miles ,h h..
inbyrlnthiqn ,cavttns. These, with n camera ,,r
NM snGggh fash now,Sr 81 70 ,n light an, ~ ehaos
az" The main ' mouth OF lilo cavo is big trianeu
IL the ace :. IN Snormou. u, ;imestSES
laughing with deighl at having ro ese navs
in TIM, he n that a wounded plurk pear
took r"lnEs aud soIeNcaed tho cave 70 tho
Sir. davidson hg I'D pine houchs and
,hro% them d ,%n into no bla * hole and by
'Eeir lh, saw y, yulrrT wnsHeaa: Tho , NEXT ;o;t
his hursr ~ tho loot ct the moun:ain with z
note plnpcd To- the saddle telling where he had
coa 'S; W IL ano,hsr note, Then with a TAT pine
stuck Tor u torch Ito rlnn2ed in. iie won't on
"n On nnd T ' 9S v5' bnl onM 0i NJ end Ey
hi, TIME he WAS chilled through and he do
,med t. y" Y ne :nrEer Ng I, Q :P pon
"a had one. but i" ronlh 10: IND daylight
n:;nn. icr lanr hours ~ threaded the fnn-
,n,,iir OFT 5 " aero no m"n hhd trNu leioro.
I"L.a.: -. sia ee,,irs. Nnl marked where he
went SO rs 9c. 20 tread tho s,me path twice.
a>i at lest. when his last rlEe stick WAS burn,
in his .ine,rs. no saw q CLEAN II light and
=, was IN tho %nen gir a-,.ii. pnt ms cnat
uurn'r =: Il ru;r or Of u mln from where no
want IN, aud W. on ton u The hlniE
won't tn io IS It ' tncy ihom H tney knew iii
II on Il. lut every time n more than usually
Nrntun some maj, &ot into tho rocks he found
:arn;is. ''''''- -'''' IVA '''
Tho rrvc or rather tho country around it.
up o! caves Is C yercd BY II notlce OF locn,on
81 a mineral c!qtni The loeaiors are WA .rd
Ca, 'i /, Smith - san ii. o.
II was, carry in t!c morning OF tho 3oth OF
June whom tho LrnT'a'r rar.y entered the
cae-nc, Of mountain mornin- with breeze
tina; ST. had The rn.lI -. the snowy Slskll Gus
on IT, II M&s : co.! o"rpiaS ma yet w. zen tie aie
uut4i.'" WIS warm N comma ison with the rigid
current at came IRON The openinG
cmmin o. enin. from! VII eli The creek flows
"onla YOU stnrI mrrigh,. But, aImos. douhle.
wo pushed on 40 to our anE!"s in swiftly llow-
mouth Tho daylight was NJ longer visible, and
sns s' age was Ity i' ed " grcat bSIHer caushs
midway l. Tween tire WIN Is. made an upper
Haucd. and on III" right the oOr broke OFT ab-
The le!t-lnnd Passage was tho only one that
did not lead to lOri: series NJ rooms. AID i:
WAS the largest oprninC al the four STOPPING
under great rock that utnl rom tho VAL.
onal chamber '!o/en feet high and as much
in diameter It was two-story room. Halt
70 81 ma ESs" deSG ,ar 'hs Room and
n No,r Tor the up. err. There were bones in
IRIS room OF ae"r INA sa tSnt n Wa h
been tho den 81 some ilcsh-cntinE beast, Prob.
ably henr: There are bears in inis sor, ton OF
deor, but alb o 70 mako things yer; interesting
t%Shs hrnirr TIA, wound; one ~ III" brush; ,o
cave wlero evidences OF animal lilo were
found. Tho eliza cold waters that ran ncise-
thnnderca down III" wall. of others were dcs.
titute OF inhnuthntS, Though outside, short
msuih OF fot . Mo cave hcro are trout In
Even the still mysterious lake that was
ff,.,t mil nv liIph n
hiie nothing living. Not a bat or a n ouse or
worm lluttered or orawled in tic long. tor
Ol the 9th r openings iust Inside this mouth
OF ne cave the two that run ahead one above
phe passage t. the right,,down tho Sqsn in
tho rock followed Tor half a mile. l. is Q
Corridors. On tEa walls the stalucti'es md
slaiagmites have ani'cd and formed pillars.
nv, maSinE The rooms s!iii t h probn,
10 among tho oldest in the cave. have covered
up and hidden many, "pcnlngs. lnhced; soma
The Inst man in Tho party had in his pocket
nrork at the mouth OF the cave. and as they
walked forward the Inc unwomnd
sascs Woniar.stinck at Their 'H fnntastic peni-
ants and projections that looked even more
in the light Of ,he !%mnr ITO i9rGh 81
Ever step showed something stranger than
had been paSsed ns,HnsFnsSeh boulder
doomed up against the intense blacknoss be.
yoad-an enormous bear, head: @iistcninG
icic!cs were the teeth and the whole picture
savage. Even while the ego took in tho tea-
lures they CHANGED and instead OF fierce white
bears head there WAS only an irregular iOul
der again. In the distance, where the liSl;
More than once the men suddenly halted whom
one Of these black beasts moved for in the
weird, smoky light they seemed 10 move
though c"ser NJ thoy showed rs simply open
ings into other branches OF the crevnsse
The most intense slionce prevailed In this
passage. Thoro was not n breath of air stirring
there, while in Tho main cor,ilor which We
t!ercely that IN tho straiGhier messages the
flames of tho torches struggled and splutterad
but at last were conquered una blown our, leav-
Aug the cyplorers in darkness 50 complete that
ing to do hut crawl, each holding to the other
until tho cessation OF the gale told hem they
were behind II rock or turn, whore tho torches
could lie reli@hted
But this passage was absolutely still. Even
the sputtcriug of the torches sounded loud
and the crunching OF tho frost.ikc coating be
peath the feet ieeped like proclamation. Some
how nobody CUrpl to Iu,k much and what