New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-26
,RIZOyA's NATURAL BRIDGE.

From The St. Loui, Rernl lie ihocnA dl'p'"cN'
while The Natural Bridge Of |ifs!na h"s wor 10.
uid. reputation. fcw are aware TINT rI"n' '"" ~ ~
Ini, ~ a curiosity ol the same order that easily
rIvnis lis Eastern cousin. both III Dimensions ana III
tAc grandeur Of Il, ja''t .,@nl ny i, +, from the
tran,contn"ntal lines If travel" mas .sc"P', '""r ,
The Initials Of The tours, and t 'tcr' , ., ,' p..'"
'ribnary Of East fork u th' N"iiG IN nlrN An,
geographical centre of tie Trrrt r! anu Is 1T VI. ,
Of ronto Basin. a re- on NOR. ,1 XIV ,r,is ~ rs
night, and cowboy feud' than for the i'"'''S Vi "'
en- recent trip through Tonic Basin. 18th" Re
public" correspondent visited mining camp Oily
seven mile, distant from TINS Sr'', m'l.'"a n
nortunity TO see IT, We were nj the Gowan mine
and ,addng our horse, one ny ai"rnooh, We f I,
l seven mile, Of mountain tran brhnd u anu "'un
oursrlv,, on tie summit Of n cyprS' crowned m,
whose steep eastern slope d'Nrend,d ab,uPn r '
feet To It'll" valley hcihleh III OH th, ppr
Side by the prrrpitous cns 81 II rough. cr'eEN hou
tain. Mads the descent Win dncy, W. nh,hY
100 ncrr, part Of which cultivated and planted
I'm corn bans potatocs and other vegetables. NJ
hidden I'm m. shade Of a grove Of walnut trees, but
could discover no signs Of IL" nrldSr ne from
ON iuuuiring from man WHO approa'h,u Us li"ln
tho ho,i,,. we found that were nlrcady siandln;
the brds ana did not hnS ,iG H. h ,or 'I tn
ferns and graceful trees, ami we followed our eiun
PERCEPTIONS, canyon before We were made aware Of tr
huge tunnel that nature had bored through the soma
NTH the aid OF long hshlne We ascertaned the
rext day that the crown Of c hrdse at IT. Sont9crh
sprlng Is 9G2 feet in height. WIN span n =" 't'
and a tota! width up and down stream OF LOO Narus.
~. 20 of the arch there i natural hole through me
rock nt This place ten feet In thickness where one
may lin on his and obtain birds eye View OF
The Interior, with the channel OF Pine creek whuins
feet beneath him. But full idea OF the grandeur 81
hi, beautiful arch Is not obtained unlil one SlIhlS
beneath II and looks aoft. Here. In ~" semi
ne,s The lofty roof t. barely visible" and III" huge
n.rs and crons Of solid rock. vanishing III the upper
ol,srIrtv nuke ina gine himself In an immense
cathedral The underground trail |" the oth'r sac Is
dIicult though not mpracticabe. and winds between
Immense, MASSES of slippery limestone and dark pools
of unknown depth, where ray OF sunlGht never III
trudos. -, ,,
by scores and irOtos whose numerous ciain
Der, and allryways lead one far Into the bowels or
the sllprrncumbent mountains. some OF th'~r we
EXPLORED and others. whose entrances cannot Dc
The foot Of the white man. They are beautifully
ornamcntei 10y nature with salacuteS ana stalagmi",
OF every agnable form. and any article Whether oi
wood or u any other soft substance. II placed be-
meath fhe stream. Of line water that constantly
trlckle from above will short time become petri-
drd We gathered several pine cones. sprigS Of fern
and branches of trees. witch were perfect In form ana
outline vet apparently composed Of solid rock We
also found many fragments of pottery ana arrowh'nds
burned bones etc. slowing that these caves had IN
farmer times beer occupied hy indians rs we'll IS by
the prehistoric that preceded them.
Owne to The imrassabDy of the canyon, both above
and below this grand ard beautiful structure, II was
impossible obtain view which would give anN
idea Of 1t to one who had never visited IT, WIN an
open country below from which one could view u NJ
n little distance IL would be an imposing structure
indeed II was discovered in 1850 10y Dave Gowan.
A prospecior who has stree taken mp the land over
the bridge and raises fruit and vegetables for which
he finds a market in the neighbornS mining and cat