Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-10-30
A COLORADO CAVE.
Peculiar Experience CT Party OF
Ploasurc-Seokera.
Tho Cavern Swept by Current OF Air
Which Tosscs Men About Like Straw.
AN Old-Tlmer's Adven-
turc.

There is a cave near lockwood. a
station on the Denver 6 Rio Grandc
railroad, which has been visited by
many persons living near, as we'll 2G by
parties from Durango. No particular
mention CT tho cave has been made, IS
it seemed to be little verify Of notice
nothing unique or striking.
On y recent Sunday number Of
pleasure seekers left this cts. ::::.r:;3 &c
Denver Gun. to join = r"rty It IcoG:;-
wood who had planned tov;@;t nc c:l:-c.
About four o'clock IL tic aEtcra~n: t!,c
member: CT TIC T3TtT. l;:"i:!:: ,.i"i'I,1cd
CT Their l.:.:Icr. lC; Gu 10 .l.-..l.{,.c hiIl
near &c 10. Of which tic IlCUth CT TIC
cave il located.
AItcr Inl:,h ":;Crticn TIC fcrcraoct CT
the part iy':::hcl TIC Ia.u.I uf taG
cave. and l,ClI.r IL advance & liz. CG...3-
pa:iiC:.% t.l"y were 1:.Cch ;t.!I:lcd 10 :,&c
hiEl I'll h:c1:vaIrl Tito t..c lo:: ok
brush -. il IL ...i,t been thrown ION ::
cataput. .iii c3i1pa.i1n:i, p;I.;.liI ; Io.-
ward rlur" vigorously. soon ,';:::!r to i!iG
rcsou" u-:I found Liza rccovcr:!l:; l:c:a
hi: t:::nJic, net IaIc!l ,:u:t. b;!t
cr..-hcl and somewhat died. lie
NO'iNA 80 4Ap IsLh si vi
Removal iro!:i TIC u. !cnI.: CT TO cavern.
Cr"ioyj - SNOW what TIC cc.:!;A v.a:;.
the entire co:ai!;:iiy in Il body ;n,.;::cd
mp TIC hill. "-..ic.l h;:; :. particularly
steep descent iic&r tie mouth If TIC
cave. 10 The Acknowledgement of the
whole nuI:lbcT, the Infant &itcr sop
ping into TIC cave tlcy Iol::lu them
selves al ! T.. tu.rct:cr III u SCOT near
where tAr .i".t .::d i:::Lcd.
1t too, Int u l.I1ie while to recover
from TIC c.iG.ll Ina IT, Ti!on they be
gan to l::,iU!r% IT, :..:.i, Oi tai; .,dililcu
excitement. -a"T III ascr,,ci that they
had Scc-l novII.!.: i, ,...l.;.c :i;IcA Il thing.
ind they wCrN ~r-,J::' t. l:.loW tho
reason for the pIcn. iAS.Iou. Eut how
to find out Whit they wished WIS the
thing to decide.
At last it YVES determined that the
strongest ;Ecntl"l::;..; CT the party
should tSain :. po..lt.Il It TIC SIDE Of the
entrance, and, thui protected, get an
opportunity to rcc.n .0lt@r. 80, taking
@ circuitoui route anu avoiding Il posi-.
ton directly il front OF tho open ne,
they soon found themselves close be-
side the entrance, Cautiously PUTTING
10 his :lcud out beyond The protecting
wall the foremost pctrc in. His; hat
in r2diatcly took fight down tho dc
cl"Ity, but he WAS thu made aware of
tho exact state of al .iiry.
The philosophy of the current of ai.
In caves suddenly dawncd upon liila
as 10 we'll known, the rcir on Il wurI:i
day III summer is much lighter Oh the
outside of u cavo or CELLAR than it is in
side. Consequently, tho cold, heavy cir
rushcs out with greet violencc-cnouCh
In this case to cause the trouble srol;cn
of and throw tho p2rtv down TIC Hill.
Later, rclntluy this Jllc, IN Old timer
told of q forIacr adventure Of his ut the
sulnc place. On q cold day in tho early
winter lie was tracking deer along
this hillside, when he was aGtoni3hcd t.
sec tho cave open up before him. and ht
noticed that tho snow seemed to have
been disturbed very recently, as though
body had been dragged into the en-
trance.
Without thinking nc stepped forward
to examine into the cause of tho dis
turbcd condition of the snow, when ht
felt himself violently pulled into tn
cave, the fo~co pulling him from his feet
lie felt shock and for awhile WAS OF
Gvious to I'll around him. When hi
senses returned lie found he was lyiDi
by and partially upon tho body of
deer. Upon examination he found tn
body Of the dccryct warm.
This led to eloGcr examination still
lie ct last determined that tho force o
tho current of air blowing into tho cav
had drawn tho deer in, killing it, bu
That when he was drawn in tho shoe
was somewhat obviatcd by his striliin
tho deer, thus saving him from death.
Tho explanation is just the reverse G
tho other, the mir being warmer insid
of tho cave than out The current flow
into tho cave during tho winter, thus ac
counting for the strange affair.