The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-24
THE DEVILS LAKE,
a Strange Pool In the Top or Mountain,
with Tide OF Thirty Feet.


From ne 81. Louis G,ooe- Democrat
srRrYaY1ELD. NO.. Jan. 29.-In tho southern
part Of Webster county. Mo-, where tho Ozark
Mountain range reaches its highest point. is .
counterpart on this globe. Fancy lake
perched on the top OF 2 mountain. It's surface
the Garth surroundine Il fed BY no surface i &c
streams, untouched by tho wind dead as the
S Sster no av rn
81 thirty feet Or over which Is in no way Affect.
soanty and the return Of se Weather II viii
its Highest point es durnr wS
The station Of ;Fordend on the Kansas City.
1n ys n ,os east aane Of The
n mt Grove san 9ons
this Part Of the line where rsaches its great
ana crevees. Some Of them are small and r nn
II 1at and Mrnz S aim few W0h hs
asa5 kosersyIs arc s xortSy q afpp an es
can compare With tho DEVILS Den in peculiar f
attractions The Den, is situated a few miles
pears to be simply an Immense obiong hole In
there Is ers In extent
the last rope OF ladder Is nees ssses
Is pHls T SestS Sas Ell
s Giants sogm the the further end IN which
known as the DeSll's T Lake. ooa' Oh wafer
l. s II. s sei sS ,Sm hs Of the
water and about fifty feet .e during n h iSH
f hSf S is az shs
70 ~ Gd esaasy EsR Les
2 very intelligent man. was asked in regard to
the th correctness Of the statements about the
so you III have Seaed are COR
rect said he. The otthe lake Is ' so Go
t as y feet Q, the tor
is during this low Stage Of the eV wa aees
1 naser It's appsarSnee Is most forbddine.,
is TT9 0d FIJI quick n II saibsidine
'eR tn oss m%n oand it to
100 feet deep at low water. SO no thought. but |
w stnns sure whether or not his
some SOM, OF the projecting pieces Of rock which
stick * 9 Put all up ard down the sides Away
an Immense oakNf should think t o was Two Two
fell oyer into the centre Of the lake. and It was
s SFf &c Of Mds H iSS sit S M
the water no one knows. and where it went to
one p k tHDfst The only thing any does
hat lake s again. "e'ef came 70 the surface OF
Why have no thorough soundincs ever
=" II is very difficult to get down there" said
Mt. Lee; and then 1t is almost impossible to
t seas Of the
Is a ss%at s59 i sans fl Who
underground river or waterway in which both
hs entrance End the ext below
Use and fall OF the water having nothing WHAT
Set In snRmOn With wet and dry weather
: I: sources in the neighborhood can be con
'idered as the cause. It is impossible for SUR
'easons already stated. - -'' 'A'
,o1b MI dG;r nn who has lived in the neigh
,apers fen he upper Missouri iyer in Mon.
into this hole is larger than it, SHE aGS
whose hose source is somewhere in the Northwest
round the Devil Den tell Of the eh in ttegen
AIKEN ak IN the place by u Mr.. Robertson. cooper
ears ago. One day he went down intoit. and
9 ad he 1--WE or three large cedar logs which
ie sawed them entirely up G by pec S 5ns pool
sed ladder nnd worked them into yar RpS
his and Mr.. Lee twho mas BEEN mep afm 81
aid he at one time owned one OF the buckets
a nnt oy Mr: fobertson from this cedar Dill.
% cedar trees Of the size named within hn npe
f e no q miles OF Webster county. Mo.
AZ sScb ~ TX Is an underground stream. and
of .ce OF supply must surely be at noint th e
i,tltude 81 which Is on leyel with the surface
;bOO ieet above the sea, and a civil engineer.
men th nsfGd ior his oninop stated he believed
oint from which to suppose an undersrn.pn'd9
y yer Io IKE the ono mentioned could start 4. r.
the c9nneGted with the timber department
eymour; Mo-: has lived In the extreme North. !
est, ana says that cedar trees ofthe size men.
oned as being found In the DEVILS Den can ha
ben on manya hillside in the Black Hills. 70
The Y0ung Ladies' He Wa. a., 49,