Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-11-13
\ BREATHING CAVE.
Peculiar Features ola Cave In lockwood.
Colorado,

Colorado,
There is cave near Rockford station.
ON the Denver \ Rio Gande railroad,
which has been visited bv many persons
living near rs well as by parties from Du.
range, No particular mention of the
cave has been made, rs it seemed to be
httle worthy OF notice. nothing unique or
striking.
On recent Sunday number of pleas
ure seekers left this city, says the Denver
sun, To join party at lockwood who
had planned to Visit the cave. About 4
O'Clock in the afternoon the members of
the party, having disposed Of their dinner
began TO climb the hill near the top of
which the mouth of the cave is located,
After much cxertion the foremost OF the
party reached the mouth Of the cave and,
being in advance of his companions. they
were much startled 10 SEQ HIM tall back.
ward Into the low oak brush MS If ne had
been thrown from a catNpuit, His com.
panlons, pushing forward more vigorously,
soon came to his rescue and found MIN re-.
covering from his tumble, not much hurt,
but slightly scratched and omoNhat daz,
ed, lie could give no explanation Of his
sudden removal from the opening TO the
cavern,
Curious to know what the cause was,
the eotlro company in n body pushed up
tho HILL which has a particularly steep
descent near the mouth OF the cave To
the aStonishment of the whole number,
the instant after stepping into the cave
they found themselves all piled together
III spot noar whore the first hua landed.
II took buta little while h recover from
the enlargement, when they began to IN
Quire the cause of this sudden excitement.
they all agreed that they had seen pothmg
20 cause such thing, and they were curl.
GUS to know the reason for the phcnome-
non But how to find out what they
wished was the thing to decide,
At last 1t was dolcrminud that the
strongest gentleman of the party should
g,duH position at the side ol the entrance
and thus projected, set an opportunity TO
rcconnuitor, So taking q circuitous route
and avoiding position directly in front
OF tho opening, they soon found them
selves close beside the enhance, Cautious
ly putting his head ont beyond the pro.
tcC',ng wall, the foremost peepcd in, His
hat immediately took ilight down the de-
clivity, but he was thus made aware Of
the exact state of things,
Tho philosophy e the current Of air in
caves suddenly dawncd upon him. Az is
we'll known, the in ON warm day in
summer is much lighter ON the outside OF
Il cave or cellar than il is inside, Conse.
quCntly the cold heavy mir rushes out
with great violence in this case
to cnuso the trouble spoken of and throw
the party down tho hill
later, relating this tnle, an old timer
told your correspondent OF a former adven-
turc Of his ut the san,e place, On cold
day in the early winter he was tracking
deer along this hillside, when no was as.
tonished to see the cave open up before
him and he noticed that the snow seemed
To have been disturbed very recently, as
though body had been dragged into tho
entrance,
Without thinking he stepped forward to
examine into the cause Of the disturbed
condition of the snow when he felt him
self violently pulled into the cave, the
force pulling him from his feet, He felt
shock and for n while was oblivious 10 all
around him. When his senses returned
he found he wns lying by and partially
upon the body of deer Upon cxamina
tion he found the body of the deer yet
warm.
This led toa closer examination still.
lie Mt last determined that the force of the
current of air blown into the cave had
drawn the deer in, killing H. but that
when he was drawn in the shock was
somewhat deyiated by his striking the
deer, thus saving him from death.