Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-01
Remarkable Finds
In Grand Canyon

Indicates that 1t has another outlet TO
the surface.
MIR KINK.AID'S REPORT
Mr.. ISinkaid was the first white
| child born in idaho and has been an
explorer and hunter all his Ire, tniitS
| years having been in the service o., tIie
Smithsonian institute. Even brleIlS
rccounted his history sounds fabulous
| almost grotesGue.
First, would impress that the cav
| cpn is nearly inaccessible. The en-
,liance Is l,iS6 feet down the sheer cam
| yon wall. 1T Is located on government
| land and no visitor VIII be allowed
there under penalty Of trespass The
| scientists wish TO work unmo!esteu'
without fear Of the archaeological dis
covcrtes being disturbed by curio or
relic hunters. a trip there would be
frritless. and the visitor would be sent
on his way. The story Of how found
the cavern has been related, but ma
paragraph: was iourne$ing down the
Colorado river ina boat. alone. looking
for mineral Some ~ miles up the
river from the El4Tovar Crystal canyon
/ saw on the east wall, stains in the
sedmcntary formation about 2.NgO feet
above the river bed. There was no
trait to this point. but ] finally reached
it with great difficulty. Above u sheit
Nfl1cn gIltlalC from rNiNN III III III i''s
was the ,nouth5of the cave. There are
steps leading from this entrance some
thirty yards TO what was, a the time
the cavern was Inhabited, the level OF
the river. When / saw the chisel
marks on the wall inside the entrance.
i became Interested, secured my gun
and went in During that trip | went
back several hundred feet along the
main passage. till came to the crypt
in which 1 discovered the mummies.
one OF these / stood up and photo
graphed by #flRshlight. | gathersd a
number of relics. which I carried down
the Colorado to Yuma. from whence |
shipped them to Washington with de-
tails of the discovery. Following this,
tile. explorations were undertaken.
THE PASSAGES
"The main 1assagewav is about IL
feet wide. narrowing to 9 feet toward
the farther end. About 81 feet from
tile entrance. the first side-passa.es
branch off to the right and left. along
which. on both sides. are Il number OF
rooms about the size OF ordinary llv-s
Ing rooms of TODAY. though some are
50 or 40 feet square, These are en-
tered by oval-slaued doors ana are
Ventilated nv round air spaces through
the wallis INTO the Messages. The walls
are about 8 feet O inches in thickness.
The passages are chtSeled or heWns as I
straight Ms could he laid out BY an en-
rineer. The ceilings of many of the
rooms converge to n center. The side
messages near the entrance run ut y
sirarr angle from the main hail. but
toward the rear thest gradually reach
. right angle tn direction.
THE SHRINE.
over . hundred feet from the en-s
francois the cross-siall. several hum
dred feet long in which was found the
idol. or image. of the ipeopie's god sit
ling cross legged. with q lotus Hover
or lily in each hand. The cast of the
face is oriental. and the carving shows
q skiiiful hand. and the entire relic is
remarkably well preserved, as is every
thing in this cavern. The idol most
resembles Buddha. though the scien-
lists are not certain as to what reliE-
fous worship il represents. Taking