The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-19
Discovered in Kishaeoqnillas Gap in
Pennsylvania.
VAST AMOUNT OF LABOR REOuIR-
ED IN GATHERING 1T.
RfaaaAons Of Fees Have Been at Work for
Tears-The Honey Beyond the Reach
Of Man.
philadelphia Times.)

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't3wseb a. honey" is a trite saying.
and how many of the lovers of this bit
u delioiousness realize the vast amount
Vt labor and perseverance required for
)ven the gath ering and storing up OF a
bound Of ttP However, that is not the
point intended to BIZ made in his article,
but rather to relate what seems to be a
myth, but which has been declared to be
rue by those who have been personal
witnesses of the same.
Kishacoquillas Gap Is located In the
Eussey, or Seven Mountain range. and
= one Of the many breaks through this
wild chain Of mountains leading from
Penn's Valley into Stone Valley. The
Eeven Mountain range is perhaps the
Widest of any system In the State OF
Pennsylvania. Though 1t is not as..large
by any means as some other ranges. yet
because of Its many ridges, peaks,
tavines and declivities, which accounts
for its name. it becomes one of the wood
I'd regions in which 1t is easier for per-
son to becomeslost, or II some point of in
voIO6b W v0Ae0&O 40 AoAA0 AssA~sU> W
again get any trace of it than in any
other mountainous region In the State.
More than one experienced hunter and
woodsmsn has lost his way in these
mountains and spent weary days wan
daring around before he found his way
to civilization again, and some even
failed to return, and 1t Is the general
belief that their bones lie bleak and bare
in some dark ravins of the Tussey range.
Years ago current report said that in
one of the least explored of the many
Businesses Of these mountains there was
enough honey to make a man rich. The
story was in effect as follows: Some
eight or ten miles north of here Is one
of the deepest ravines inclosing the
widest spots in the entire chain of
mountains. Precipitous cliffs to the
either side, the whole almost complete
~ covered with dense growth of small
shrubhsry and trailing vines, while away
down at the bottom, SO deep that the sun
hardly penetrates, owing to the narrow
ness OF the gorge, tricklss small strem
or rivulet. On the North side of this
gorge, about half way up the rock side
OF the cliff, is tissure in the rocks,
presenting an opening perhaps twenty
feet long, and varying in width from
tw3 to five feet. Though there is no ao-
curnte way of knowing the depth of this
assure or cave in the. rocky side, it has
been estimated at anywhere from thirty
to fifty feet, perhaps even more, and
poss IDLY with the Dimensions of a large
chamber.
IN A RIFT IN THE ROCK.
In this rift in the rock swarm of
bees years ago made their home and
there they have continued to abide, null
tiply and store up honey until three
years ago, when the last report of them,
90 given by lost hunter, statsd that 50
Numerous had they become that thsre
was one perfect column or string Of bees
full foot thick continually going to and
coming from the stone hive. The
amount of honey now stored away in the
rock chambe must be enormous Par
ties who claimed to hnva seen 1t aver
that on a warm day the sweet fluid,
melted by the hot rays of the sun in the
brief time its rays penetrated the opening
would tIickle down the side of the
cliffs and fall in pools at the bottom
Several parties attempted to dislodge
the bees and get at the hive of hon ey,
but owing to the difficulty in getting at
the opening they were never successful,
as the bees always drove them away.
A few days ago stranger who claimed
to hail from the eastern part of the State
and who had been trudging these
mountains in guest of the outlook for
game ON the several game preserves To-
Gated here, stopped few minutes at the
Gap, and while here told Of seeing the
beehive In the rocks. Tho man was SO