The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-05-25
tsoshute cave.


lime Atone bluff about one milo north
of Goshute Canyon. After passing
Goshute Creek ON the Wells stage
road the first object that rivets the
attention Of the traveller Is tho mouth
If the Cave, sixty feet above the base
of the cliff, and fully ono hundred and
fifty feet from the top Of the over hang
ing cliff. So far as knUwi the in
terror of this beautiful and awe in
spring cavern was never visited by
human beings till within d few weeks
past. It was first discovered by Ben!
Harrison, Fred Borchert and Patrick
Greene. who have located it under the
u. s: Mineral Laws. 1t is reached
after short steep climb up a lime
shnle Bluff, and who ever has the hardi-
hood to pen trate tho solemn mono,
tony and explore the secluded and
serious beauty of its recesses will be
amply rewarded. Its humorous cham
bers aud picturesque Railways, its lofty
and inspiring arches of gothic. mold
supported by massive pliers, its dor
mer-like windows, and irregularly dis
posed iches, its ceilings and walls
beautifully decorated in natures in
imatable style, its grotesque sculpt-
ure work of the most weird and fan
tastic shapes, cannot fail to mako deep
and lasting impressions on the mind
of visitors. Near the entrance of the
Cave il a spring, where the weary
traveller can refresh himself with a
good cool drink of natures purest
water. The main cavern is an in
cline of an angle of about 20 degrees
several hundred feet iii length and
divided into chambers; the first is
known as "Lovers Lane; it's walls
and ceiling are covered with gorgeous
stalactites in every shape ina ginable.
Descending this the tourists passes
several openings which lead to num-
erous grottoes unexplored and without
names. Passing through this beautiful
walk you come to the Liberty Bell,
this is stalagmite of q beautiful
browish color, about twelve feet high
and twelve feet in dimeter at its base,
and very much resembling the new
Liberty Bell at Chicago. A little farth-
er down, the explorer enters chamb-
or representing series of falls; here
sparkles what seems to be water, glid-
ing down from one to another of series
of stone terraces, worn smooth by its
own action in numbered years.
After leaving the falls and passing
down the steep rough cut, tho tourist
comes frat to tho Musical Hall. On
it's walls and ceiling are hanging num-
ere It's stslactites of many forms; when
struck with stick will produce sounds
Of . musical nature. The inches and
cavern are seen high up among tn ,
cliffs as the tourist wends his way
downward along the narrow rough
stone gallery to Lake Chamber. Here
the DRIPPING water forms a series of
basins or lakes similar to those at the
Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone
PARK. The walls, ceiling and floor
hero are of "a soft white magnicia of
lime. Rising up at this point the
tourist enter the Bride Chamber, this
grotto is beyond any Inscriptions of
my pen: for beauty and gradeur, its
Sts.lactites and salagmites are of every
conceivable form and size. Its floor so
lar II explored reachers distance of
OF about twenty-five hundred feet
Many recesses leading from the main
chamber have not been explored. The
finders of the cave intend opening pass
age ways to new chambers, put up
LADDERS, and making it SO the tourist can
visit with ease any of the chambers.
When these improvements are COM
completes they intend charging q small
fee for entrance and guide services.
While Goshute Cave is still but par
TALLY explored, yet many who. have
seen both Lehman and Goshute caves,
say the latter excells in beauty, mag
nitude and grandeur. :.
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