The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14

rushing foamng from the very base
overhangng lime rock wall the certainly
the mouth Of big underground My guide beckoned
follow him the dry channel where
he said would find the mouth of the The
path which travelled dangerous in the
reme it wound in and out huge cefs side
of the rocky WALL My guide, who rods in ad
vance and twenty Or more feet above me, suddenly
shouted to attract my attention, and pointing to-
g. ward the north wall of the ravine cried OUT Mucha
grande!', He had reached the entrance the cave
and within few standing beside him.
y. The opening twelve feet wide four
half to five feet in height and located directly
beneath layer of limestone more in
: thickness and slightly tilted to the west. Upon
. terng the opening distance of few feet found.
that the roof gradually receded and that the floor
descended. Lighting the candles had brought with
we proceeded to carefully explore the interior. We
had proceeded several rods when sudden
air rushing inward extinguished lights
left in total darkness.
m 'I looked toward the the
~ could plainly discern the light While standing
N4H half minute in the darkness, endeavorng light
IVY match there suddenly burst forth upon the awful
silence of the the frightfu shrek have
heard which echoed and reechoed through the
cavern. My guide suddenly bolted for the entrance.
The wall much for him. Again there
another sound more resembling hoarse groan which
ended in shri whistle and then all was silent
the grave
- sI must confess that I was frightened than
had ever been before. There something un-
- about the whole place. The rush of wind
dnot which had exnguished the candles and the shriek
and walls certainly not without explanation
natural grounds however strange they may have
seemed shouted to guide and told him to light his
candle with me. refused the
again While lighting candle fanced could hear the
distant sound of running water far the pro-
slowly the direction of the sound when perceived
the the wall. Yes,
there was where the sound of water came
distinctly although many below the foor
again there swift air current and again was In
darkness or spnosed was at first AS soon as my eyes
accustomed to the gloom noticed faint light from
the roof Of the fifty feet above It was faint
and evidently from crevice near the surface While
trying light sufficient to guide
back mouth of the another and
of wind blew light and from the direction of the last
noticed that the air swept in the
direction the fssure through which could hear the
ming water Again came sound this time greatly different
from the first account of nearness to the and
plainly suction by strong
running through opening, sound similar
to that produced by water similar liquid passing through
funnel Here then explanation of the air
of the peculiar sounds had heard The stream at
regular oneryas became hoed and for time the force OF
the current would almost cease Then lot some
cause wouldHow and thus the shri whisng
gurgng the inward rush OF air
from the mouth OF the ..
1.-THE regular currents of air which passed
through also the interior to be
usually dry dusty in fact the surface of the After
satisfying myself that had discovered the Of the
erious sounds turned attention to examination Of
the the which to be Of
the consistency of Going to point the entrance
thrust LONG Stick the yielding the depth Of
feet this places and could not
touch deposit except within about ten feet
hile making these tests discovered pronounced smell
with piece of rock dug in the mass
distance nearly two feet and securing Quantity in
handkerchief took to the of the cave and care
fully examined It. There the strong odor of
In color it ashen gray slightly tinged with
yellow this latter color seemed to prevail in small Jumps
which, between the thumb and fingers became
reduced to POWDER - fs'-1- -zls -
regard the amount of this deposit whatever it
there hundreds of thousands of tons in this
respects it differs from the deposits Of
found Mona and Grab slands Porto Rico
certainly animal substance mingled with me
fully of this material the
depth impossible determine although the
the deposit be less than fifteen
deep, and it may be thirty or fifty feet.
The doubtless at time the nightly shelter
of Of nf
The preservation of the deposit has been large
y the fact that the has been extraordinarily dry
throughout period since the deposit formed and the
elements instead of having been bleached out have
retained degree The natives seldom approach
cavern and it is known to them the of tEl
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