Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-13
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EXPLORING DARK CAVES

waukoms, Okla, Sept. 12,-(special)
Two weeks ago party of men LETT
here to explore certain caves in the
Glass mountains fifty miles west of
here, and search for the homes of the
outlaw bands recently driven from the
country in the hope Of finding treas
ure hidden by the outlaws.
j. j. Hoffman, leader of the party,
this week writes local paper here
the following account of some Of their
discoveries and adventures;
81 will give you a short write up
about our last weeks work. As stated
before, we We're baffled until our trip
to your town, for we did not have the
necessary rope to make ladders or trail
our way back and forth through the
numerous caves or rooms without get
ting lost. We have now overcome all
these troubles and are getting down to
real work. Our first effort was to ex-
plore the depths of the deep opening
in the rocks and try and find the
cause of the rise and fall of water at
intervals of every fifteen minutes,
When one of our men went down he
ttDoTleu lllul II was hulAt warm anu
he believed the water came from
hot spring. on investigating he found
the water so hot that he could not
hold his hand in 1t but for a short
time. The escaping steam from water,
no doubt, is the cause of the spring to
rise ut different times and cause such
roaring noise. We drew our man up
as the roaring commenced for fear
something unusual would happen, but
1t again went down and was calm and
still Then two parties We're let down
and they found that there was a cave
bearing off in southwesterly course,
but on account of water running
through 1t they did not traverse II only
for Il short distance. BY chance the
light was thrown on the far wall about
fifty feet down and there was u large
opening as If II was cave. Men were
hauled up and after two hours time we
, went around to the opening on the
east side Of the cave and followed UP
until we came to where we had seen
the mouth of the cave fifty feet down.
We then rested, ate our lunch and let
one man down. When opposite the
opening he gave the signal and we
held him to his place until he was on
solid footing. Then another man was
let down with instructions to explore
this cave for four hours time, when
he should return, give signal and be
uraWn up. we waited patiently for
four hours, but no return and was
thinking of letting down the third
man, when a signal was given to hoist
away. Soon they We're with us again
and reported that there was a CON
slant draft through the cave. proving
beyond doubt that on the other
side of the mountain there was an
| opening. They say they must have
Travelled one-quarter of mile and in
many places with difficulty on account
OF the uneven floor Of the cave. All
at once they seemingly came to the
end OF the cave in II very large and
| spacious room. the floor of which was
| covered by human bones. On looking
at the roof of the cave they saw an
opening the wallis of which were per-
| pendienlar and they could not 20 fur
ther. They We're of the opinion that
the skeletons of those men had at some
time been thrown from the above OPEN
ing by some one years ago. To touch
the bones would crumble them to dust,
wen, that ended the search at this
end of the cave. and we moved camn
and at present are exploring for an on
| enlng on the other side