Bisbee daily review., 1912-05-24
WONDERFUL |S
 HUACHUCA CAVE
Almost UnexplOred and Little Known It Has Many Beautiful
 GrOttO Rooms
IS NEAR NOGALES

is to be found in southern Arizona. Unnamed, uneXplored and almost un. known, is the vast cavern. Only a few persons have dared enter to view its grandeur, it's beauties and its won ders and to study the wondrous works of nature, though tourists are beginning to make the trip.
 This cave lies in the foothills of the Huachuca mountains, about forty miles northeast of Nogales, Santa Cruz county. A fairly good wagon road runs within a mile of the en- trance thence by trail. To the per son. or persons intending to make a visit to the cave expecting to see great wonders, it may be stated that they will be sadly disappointed when in a most unexpected manner the guide announces, Here we are, causing one to look around at the limestone hills and scraggy bush in a vain effort to locate this wonderful cave. of which he has been told so much, but there at your feet is a small hole in the ground which is like unto the work of a prospector who is trying to beat the estate on the To- cation work of a mine.
 However, in we 90 and, turning to the right on hands and knees we crawl through an opening about 2X3 feet and down an incline of about 30 degrees. which resembles an old stone more than anything else, and which would cause a miner to eXclaim, What a fine hanging wall" As we proceed We enter an immense cham Der. where the flicker of the candle does not penetrate the darkness, so distant are the ceiling and walls, and your voice has a wierd and hollow sound. Hold on there; turn to your left" orders the guide. Just one more step in that direction and old Satan will have another volunteer in the lower regions Just in front of us appears to be an immense pit, the footwall having suddenly disappeared.
 As the eyes become accustomed to the darkness, grotesque shapes ap- pear, dimly visible by the candle light. immense stalactitic columns eXtend- ing from roof to floor may be seen on either side of the passageway, and as we proceed on our downward jour ney the formations become more in teresting until you find yourself in a labyrinth of passages resembling hallwdys, windows or entrances into other rooms or chambers, in which appear stalactites in thin sheets, round. square, and in fact most all shapes conceivable, from a few in- ches to thirty feet in length. In the first chamber a most beautiful stalag- mite rises from the floor about twen- ty feet in height and stands out inde- pendent and alone in all ifs silent glory. Others can be seen and have their individual beauty but they do not compare with this monarch.
 AS the journey continues the more timid drop behind, while the wOuld-be braves ones press on into other rooms and chambers and there behold the wondrous works Of nature, appalling in it's magnitude, but beautiful and interesting beyond the power Of de scription by words No man, be he ever so hardened, can withstand that tingling of the heart, and that lonely feeling without holding silent com munication with his Creator.
 Alter exploring numerous chambers a chasnn of only eight or ten feet wide stops the journey onward, and not being prepared for such an emer' gency, it is necessary to return to the place whence we came, having been underground the major portion of the day in one of the most awe-lnspiring caves in the world, seeing something interesting and different all the tune but with that unsatisfied feeling o' rot being properly equipped to find the end and with the desire tO return and see more.
 The air of the chamber is fresh and in motion. We were informed that another cave whose entrance Is ou the other side of the ridge, about one mile distant, leads to and connects with this one.
 Of it's discovery little is known. Pal McCartg of Camille, was perhaps the first local explorer of the cave. On one of his trips he found skeleton of a man lying on d shelf, which read iIy crumbIed on being handled. Some Indian pottery and beads have beeI found, samples of which are on exhi bition at the Tucson University.
 Exploring parties have entered ana spent days inside. but none have eV CT discovered the end. They rePor passageways, rooms and chambers in numerable, some enormous in size. O transparent stalactitic columns. On' room has a level and smooth hool and they called it the dance hall, an' others have unfathOmed pits and chasms
 It is a cave of beauty and import ance and one Of the wonders or ATT
 zona,l and as such should be. thorough ! ly explored and made a national mon ument by the government.
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