The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-05-18
NEVADA WONDER CAVERN


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y Roo.ss-Ussxpi ersd.
Lshman's cave IL seventy mile
b. north west Of here. In White Pint
: County. Nsvads. At the foot OF JED
/. Davis peak. says the New York Her
aid correspondent At Modsna. Utah
=. II IL q marvel. and after the compile
:. ton OF the San Pedro Railway II Ger
: tain TO become the Mecca OF thou
!, ssnds OF tourists
An English traveller who had cx'
/. plored the subterranean wonders in
Switzerland and Germany. the Nam
moth cave OF Kentucky and Austria
las biggest esyerns. pronounced Leh-
mans cave grander than anything he
had ever visited
This cave has been explored for
about a mile. A. Is. Lehman. after
whom the cave was named. took up
on the land at the entrance. and for
eighteen years lived there Improving
the accessibility OF many OF the Won
ders. The place Is now In the hands
OF Charles Rowland.
One enters the nrst large cavern.
the temple OF the gods" and stands
bewiidered. Within this chamber 10
/ "washington's column" four feet In
diameter and forty feet high: Lin
coins column" Grants solumn" and
Gsrneld's column" each three feet In
diameter and thirty feet high. These
four slalagmites are pure white.
Next comes the bridal chamber
IS feet by 20 feet and 80 feet high.
the walls OF which are Respondent
with sparkling lime crystals The
musical gallery" 10 feet high. II feet
wide and 90 feet long. contains a crys-
tai plano. From one side OF this gal
lery crystals shaped Ike the nBs OF
nsh project from the wall three or
four feet Upon these some one has
marked the musical nots ton. enabling
one TO produce chords with a purity OF
tone.
The needles eye" cabinet room"
aud round room" all contain intsr.
ssting specimens Of natures faneiss-
One OF the most beautiful features
Is -shoshone falls 10 feet high and
~ feet wide. a lime formation built
up from the bottom nntil II resembles
a fosmlnx dsluse frozea whiis In ae-
ton.
The skating rinf" Is a room prob
ably 80 By rs feet. the Eoor OF which
d covered six inches deep with pls-
I'D cold water. seemingly ali Ice. This
Illusion Ia hard TO dispsl until tho sls-
tor has stepped into H.
The cypress swamp 10 fully an
iers 10 extent The door 10 covered
With beautiful fernllks stsisxnisic
Irowths. with esoied passaxrways In
nd about. nlied with cold water.
Tho angel grotto~ exhibits a fac
iHiils OF an angsi with Que wing bro
en.
Tho grand museum" 'cieopa,rs's
eedie." Liberty Enlishtsainx tho
World" pillar OF beauty and tho
crystal palace" are rruaarkabis. In
oms OF these wonderful chambers
be stalaeiitss combine with the ala
ignlfss In fsnelfui forms that one
ould spend hours studying
Tho form Of a lie sizs deer gre~ts
no In tho grand muscum.~ while
10 great organ IL not all Illusion. hsr.
x an alssr.llks base. with s,alsx-
Iltes running 10 the roof % the cham
sr liks organ pipes
The lsrx~s, single passaxrwsy 90
II discovered 10 zoo feet loax. aud
- feet high.
The greatest cavern IL known &c
10 large ROOM being - feet vide.
. feet long and loo feet high.
Chaos" Il appropriately named
10 looks down Into thi. chamber sad
. floor presents view OF eonfu.
IN. Huge blocks OF stone weighing
no lie about az II cyclone had
'rtsd to dsmolish the earth
Numerous side spsrtur.s Indicate
, presence Of network Of attn m.
plored chambers. In several places
surss the depth OF which arc IN
own would indicate WONDERFUL areas
ow.
current Of air plays through the
'mbsrs. irving rise to the belief
Z an undiscovered exit remains to
found on the opposite aide Of the
untain.