New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-24
REMARKABLE CAVERNS.
Ho5C They 4Are Constantly Being
Formed by Forces of Nature.

ali sS 1 "a ei9ns OF quaint primsval fancy have
them Illuminated nowadays we have % DO il wiTh
london GoS Ss e " wS sSS %e n Tsss szs ss
S me courage 20 venture INTO suotsrraneans cayerns
oacA % the upper world with delightful stories OF
siIver and sparkling gerlss and ali alive with
Sb@1 sy ans IaiTiss, But then they were times
T sasr ~G S were fenG q Iomanees spun them out
of5s - Nv MS WIS Sesslas caves and Jne Hysterious
noun ;ai-s were bur the vestibules Of a neither
whose yigilant spite against upper world nlortaIs
ss snSsTTe cave expGrng as Perous as IL was In
I2reIathers may De seen from the fact that in
the early part of the last century seriously
proposed to Hyrnboldt that he should undertake. an
eSPeetion 70 ne Arets circle in quest Of the main
there. -'--
All these trfcksy piavs Of the worlds childish
fancy have died out. and cave exploring Is not
tne excitement IL But IL is without IT'S In
world are practicaIIy lnexa istibe. and even Il
lhey were not. the rsrces Of nature are always at
there are two OF these forces-one the rough rude
the rocks at the weaest points a and the othsP
s6 6ns gentle rain from heaven" stealing softly
cOrnheld, and eating away the rocks beneath
rust corrodss iron Rain water as II reaches the
grsqsG Is almost Ture II has only the slightest n
phere and perhaps Just suspicion Of sulphur and
mentioning. But when this almost absolutely pure
rain water comes in contact with decaying animal
deal more esrbonie acd and wherever 4 treilss
down through lime rocks this Csrbolic acid IN the
combining with the lime Sir Archibald Geikis tells
yields every minute f2s gallons Of water and that
g29 contains th scc Ff bs % s9s
Now this corrosive process Is g9inE on al Over
through limestone rocks and IT is not surprising,
therefore. 20 ind that resons in which such rocks
Let small stream Of rain water eat SIX hundrsd
year and IL will NOT take long make a very
respectable cave. perhaps TO be discovered some
heather or 6y some tourist CHANGING 70 rest near
elefs n tn. ground from whiGs he - sS1 hear ne
great limestone formal lions Of Kentucky this
gnswsd ot Vast on 9asrss End CHAMBER the faIi
extent Of which has never been explored. though
wag ten niles IN ons direction undergro1nd the
sTT e. 70 5ie s s6 o n gT0B By q @
vide and its frettsd roof hangs 30 Iset Syesnsad
chambers one Of which Is said TO cover ten acres
ae 70 T owsf v gP g streams rT and sTsoe pooIs and
black. sulen lakes down IN these awful shades and
Hsfched and bred here generation after generation.
without any ne for Their EYES Ia' aDa n sSss are
dwindIing 70 extinction.
Atfsnt fa' but Of Course we cannot pretend to
the thing on the. Kentucky scale. The Peak ais, dis;
beloved out n the 9s fSa nt6 s, Ta yor aas So
one Of our famous natural grottos. the Spar Gave
OF Skye. has not improoa5ly oeen me WorH %
II from below and fresh water streamlets trickIs
down its calcareous sandstone from 2oove anu
made or our caverns. Of course FtngaIs cave:
ma, tne S s the Giants Causeay. has more OF
gNolosical interest thar anything else r OF as
parts OF Europe. There Is. for instance one az
Ades5eTs 5owa anon X RS been EXPLORED FOR
mile and a half. and then the way Is barred ~ a
But the beauty OF the cavern IS more rerna5kabls
than Is extsnt As most peopig e are ewes that
their roofs enbeIlIshed with icice-iSs PEI pea
rttb cor-espondinS grow tbs called stsagmites. and
their walls all around are trettee am kOl,S oI,sr
This Aldssbere cavern is one OF the most oesIiIn
2, ,irs drips rom the rocks above and while the
water hanging IN drops Is partly . ,,sss
whit. and shining sfaisctites grow down from the
roof But every drop ct wafs 49, s 5 I ,Ist as the
stsisrtts zrogs down from above. the stasgnitts
Is.Ps " from . ssI9T t ,ey ses t slender
white shafts OF the most SsAa.s s :, tbis AIDES
ss sTotto and IN direrent parts q ths world
tsT. are many s o5ners o o5 t Of lime IN solution
generally covers The sides Ok ne 5 snS thers
niches and canopies overhuns by Pendent 2oinI' a
the most fantastic ciusseripsS arI proba5iv be
sorss5sr-d m. prototvpe OF our gothic cathsdrats
.nG SI., iortrIr ~ the idea and nav. no doubt
Rave rad their influence II Is ir1n9Ssloie 10 90 .sI
"a IL, ON" go 5iStant roofs their Dared walls toer
scr-ers o. delicate courIrs taeir LIZ ne source o.
- sfr,i idea especially when as L soInetl,ns
Ss,rsrs tfs vsrv rocks seem shaken oy tne ~.
.o-er,r. thunder OF awful cataracI ~ -
urae- world rolling down rom ore ~ 49, LssT
sno.Lo- INST recertIv there is said 20 n''E7 49,
sJscCvsreS at the base Of Lookout Noun5tLII -,4
SSvS.o.to1Cora n vast cavern with an underE,Iol-o-
49,. tr+o ybFcb yours large stream thdt pluIsS
49,, ,ror, height OF 30 feet IL IS 70 4,
49,. tLaSs 9raat natural temples shoulI II, ~
str,s-s1f parts Of the world have sLSgesSsLu- -
-. :, .ts s7s~taf abodes OF spiritIlal -
!Is - .LC,,15 often have been adopted as tetI-
49, MANY OF the most famous o. me tn s 49,
Pc ss'..t, EIlora EIephauta. for instance
$780, or,-i0,isfv ouIv natural cGver.s o-to-saf
"a s,Isrgef bv the infinite patience OF te .Sssf
devotee India - said 70 nave Al l9AS' .
such natural temples.