Arizona republican., 1899-05-13
INDIANA'S LOST RIVER
An ErraliC Stream Thai Puzzles inc
 Hoosisr State peopie.

Geological exp.crati5as and recent floods have brought to light many iu-
 teresting facts concerning ths ''iost : rivers Of Indiana, and lead to the te-
 lief that hundreds of feet under the
 ground in this state great Tivers arg
 gushing tcward the sea, appearing a'
 the surface here and there in southern
 Indiana to again lose themselves fartil- CT on. The most wonderful Of the sur face indications are found in the south
 western portion Of the state, especially
 in the vicinity cf Orange county. where
 the famous Lest river is formed hy half
 2 dozen of the worlds most wonderful
 creeks and brooks.
 Lcst river rises all of Q sudden iii
 TasEfngtcn county. IL rather gushes
 from 3 bank 9 flii sized river, and af-
 ter running 9 mile or so as suddenly
 disappears from view. Near Orleans
 t suddenly sinks into a gr5at cavern
 GUS hole. The passage is black and
 unfathou1able and even in the dryest seTS91s i5 has never been explored. A mIe from the first sink a stream again
 breaks forth fran the side of bluff, and 1t has been C5eablishsd beyond z Il Goub's that this is continuation Of the famous Lost river After running through 2 natUCal bed for a distance oi two miles it again disappears. Eight miles southwest it ccmps to the surface as abrupt y to flow on for another mile or so, and then disappears in another sink. It gushes forth again from ari- other bluff, ard continues as a modest y.T7 o=-7cr .1 iunCticn with White river. few miles distant. There are indications that at one time in the past there was regli- lar surface bed over which the stream flowed. But this bed is new dry and oveTgrown with trees and briers. Still during freshet seasons the under ground cavSrls are evidently over taxed and the overflow continues over the old bed to the second sink, and then 10 the third and the fourth, and i-aen joins the lost stream
 Eut Lost river is simply the parent ef numerous remarkable surface and SuoteTT1ncan streams. A year ago it was found that there was subter- raneen stream running under Rush county, alncst sev5nty-five miles northeast. It was discovered in a rather remarkable way William Bar u" was Qrl-linG deep we'll at Mes cow, in Orange township. a few feet [ cn the banks Of FIatrock crsol1. All Ut once the drill penetrated cavern and after it was withdrawn a roaring sal1nd could be heard An investiga- ton was made with q sounding line At depth Of 100 fe1t the line was caught in 9 remarkably swift current. which carrir1 the rIummet along with So much force as to make il difficult to reel the line in. Since then the, hole has teen lighted, and it is found that the subte-ranean stream flows over 2 bed of the whitest rock, washed smooth and polished by the friction of the water passing over it for thou. sands Of years. Scientists now believe that this stream is what is later Los: river. It eyideltly flows from the northeast for a great distance, possi- rising in Ohio or in the St Law renee erch. At English, Ind, a recent 10cd resulted in the discovery of an olner lost Tiver. A new cavern was opened Ey the water in Crawford cOrn- ,y- By p-aeing ones ear to tils open -ag, the gush and roar Of warer may be heard underground. IL IS also seadld- toward the point where Lost river makes its appearance Reports .Eeaa various sections Of the southtrn