Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-02-25
LEGENDARY CAVERN FORMS THE HEAD OF SPRING RIVER, NEAR MAMMOTH
 SPRING
It is a Natural Wonder. "the Spoiled Outlet of Some Ancient River"
 Some One has Said

The prehistoric head of Spring river, Grand Gulf, is located seven miles from Mammoth Spring, being an immenst cavern, whose mysteri- ous depths conceal a subterranean spring equal 10 Spring river, and which presents such wild, varied and picturesque marking and freaks of nature that hundreds of visitors are attracted there every summer, find ing on each succeeding visit some new beauty or some lnexplicable mys stery which furnishes food for thought and unlimited conjecture, says the Mammoth Spring Monitor.
 Among other interesting attrac- tions which thls spot affords for the lover of nature, is a natural stone bridge, which spans the ehasm, on whose eraggy sides are carved the innumerable names of delighted vis- itors, which will probably remain there long after their adventurous owners have gone to the pale realms of shade, where each shall take his chamber in the silent halls of death.
 Numerous springs of pure, cold water break from the sides of the cavern and fall in fantastic cascades oyer banks of verdant moss and feathery fern beds to lose themselves among the jutting rocks below, thus forming an ideal spot for the merry parties,o explorers to discuss the tempting contents of their lunch baskets.
 Many are the legends relating to the original condition of this won derful underground stream and the surrounding region. The sharpness of the surface rocks, with their eyi- dent signs of having been submitted to extreme heat, indicates, what must have been q great eruption al satac distant period of time, which totally reversed the existing order of things and made mammoth spring "the spoiled outlet of some ancient river"
 Learned antiquarians and geolo gists have given it as their opinior that a great lake once extended iron this region to the extreme north and they produce evidences of tht existence of immense oyster beds etc, to substantiate their views which are the result of both histor ical and personal research.
 It is further believed that minera was shipped down this great lak' and lowered to this underground river, which formed an outlet to tn Atlantic ocean, where it was agall re.shipped and carried to the 'tisle that were afar off, the door of whicl was predicted by the major prOpf cts, and foretold by Christ in speak ing of the "ear,kquakes in diver places.
 Mot only is 1t believed that dis tant mines were contributors t traffic here, but recent discoverie of mineral in this vicinity furnis abundant proof that local mines c silver, iron, etc, were worked here and this theory is further confrme by the numerous modern tradition
 which flood this country and tn many signs manifest to the inform ed.
 To those interested in traditiona lore, or fond of the science of geolc gy, or to the historian, this regio offers anunlimited field for investiga tion and research, with the possibl ity of making some important dis covery which would prove blessin to future generations and cause thei names to go sounding down th
 ageso as an illustrious benefactor , There is little doubt that the Gu
 is the original source of our beaut
 full spring, which gives us furthe
 proof that it's waters are inexhaust ible, and that the volume is grea
 enough to supply any demand whic 2 ,,,ou to ,ooao rno, ;t hv tho non,