Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-24

Of time the water bus stood higher than
II has of late years as there are hand
sOur terraces extending twenty feet
back trOm the present surface Of the
we'll which have been formed by lime,
magnesium. etc, deposited by tho winter
us Il gradually reoedcd
-Four other large chambers are reached
IN rapid succession, west from the we'll.
all of which are richly decorated with
nuturrA stntuaiy, aud all Offering new
ana Nned attractions in the way of form
cnlnfing, etc From nearly an uf these
various chambers there are small. utricnte
passages leading out hut few Of which
have ever been explored 1t has boon as
ctrtaincd, however, that the explorer MILO
h,. the time and the courage to lie down
and crawl through n long. narrow passage
may enter other chambers or mnn nve,.
urs leading of through the mountains
~ various directions In fact. Ii IL h.
licvcd that this whole mountain. which
10 some Two miles wide from pnst 10 west
ana live or siS miles long from north to
south Is honcycombed with these gloomy
unyerns In limo all this lahyrlnth Of
underground cnyerns will he hunted out.
explored and fully mapped out,
In several nlnccs water " leaking worry
slowly through the overhead rock, mud
The process of building slaluctitca nnd
finlagmitrs gnes slowly on several ~
the former tint have ntcly been made
aud that are but q few inches long. ten,
inmate IN hooks, the ends of which turn
M toward the roof As to how this
form is brought about no one has yet hceu
able to determine.
The cave Is In mnny respects enual
to tho Mammoth cave of konucky, the
luray oaycrns Of Virginia or any other
of The well known underground resorts
IN the states. l have been Rll through thc
Mammoth cave aud can say frankly that
IlNrN Ia nNfhlNU tU 1iuf
beauty aud grandeur some OF the apart
mcnts IN thc Guadalupe cave, The for
mrr rs only moro Interesting Ms being
more extensive than tho Gundulnpc cave.
So fur as known ut this time. II Il moi
AZ al unlikely, however, that when the
explorations OF the Guadalupe cave arc
finished IL may be found even more won.
dcril aud moro extensive than tho
Mammoth cave or any OF the other,
Some cntcrprlsing man will, IN the nenr
future, build a hotel az tho Guadalupe
cave. will enlarge the entrance place In
easy stairway leading down into Il. IN.
stall an electric plant and hang power.
ful lights all through the varions cham.
hers rnd narrow passages, which may be
ignlicd or cNtinguished by pressing a
buttoi He will Improve the road lad.
ing to the cave md put Il In such shape
that the trip thchcc will be much easicr
nnd can be- made In much less time than
aud groomed. your boots shin,sl aud viii
feed you and show You All through the
cave while you wait. Ia fact, Il would
not be- at all strange II an electric street
ear line should bn huilt from Eddy 10
The cave within three years. Strapger
4 thugs thnn this are happening IN New
l Mexico every day,
I In past urcs this cave has hccn lphnhltnd
I by myrais Of hats, though for some nm,
known r'aspn there are none M II now.
They have icfi vast deposits Ut guano nf
Z which ~ innlyslA has been made. nnd ID Il
I feund rich IN phosphorus, nitrogen aud other
Y el,meilir ~ nllni tenh The chemist ~ the
agricultural department NJ Waahngton.
] VINO made ihV analysis, STATES that ihe
/ rnino i worth about Sas q ton 10 the mar.
! kel There ATE hundreds OF tens % Il, nnd
IN, lime y Will he tuken out and markeisI,
! I mNc already Referred 10 tir fact that 4
4 netuned man wus fund Va TINS Vtvc.
I lhe discover, came alseui 10 this way rw0
/ enfcfpusnE carprntUfa. uaniri tlall and
rates, we're oqt limiting IN November last
| Ahey a,virvniaiiy, II source found the On
unnec 10 this cave aud accidentally had
.luic candies with lhcm, They ,raWled mi,
the ct,e, explored II for some disisnce aud
while einunlng aioui 10y the aim hight ~ i
rMiule' Dol tinmasl onto the gliegeil pet
HaAsiiou. nearly undur tho nri,Ai donie nj