The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-05-24
WONDERFUL Is CAVE LOCATED IN THE
 HUACHUCAS
1t Is Unexplored and Almost Unknown But Is of Enormous Size and
 Contains Many Chambers.

Nogales, Arizona, May 1S-One oi the most wonderful caves in the world is to be found in southern Arizona
 Unnamed, uneXplored and almost un- known, is the vast cavern. Only few persons have dared enter to view it's grandeur, it's beauties, and it's 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 they will be sadly disappointed when in 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 d small hole in the ground which is like unto the work of a prospector who is trying to beat the state on the loca- tion work of a mine.
 However, in we go, and,' turning to the right, on hands and knees We crawl through an opening about K 3 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 to enter an immense cham Der, where the flicker of the candle does not penetrate the darkness, so distant are the ceiling and wall, 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 3 labyrinth of passages resembling hall ways, 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 inches to thir- ty feet in length. In the first cham Der a most beautiful ,stalagmite rises from the floor to about twenty feet in height and stands out independent and alone in all it's 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 brave ones press on into other rooms and chambers, and thre behind 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 con- munication with his Creator.
 After exploring numerous chambers a chasm of only eight or nine 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-inSpiring caves in the world, seeing something interesting and digerent all the time, but with that unsatisfied feeling of not being properly equipped to find the end, ana WlCn the Q0Slre to return and see more.
 The air of the chamber is fresh an1 in motion We were informed that another. cave whose entrance is on the other side of the ridge, about one mile distant, leads to and connects with this one.
 Of it's discovery little is known. Pat McCarty, of Camille, was perhaps the first local explorer of the cave. On one of his trips he found skeleton of man lying on a shelf. which read fly crumbled on being handled. Some Indian pottery and beads have been found, sam ples of which are on eXhi- bition at the Tucson University.
 Exploring parties have entered and spent days inside, bur none have ever discovered the end. They report passageways, rooms and chambers in numerable, some enormous in size, Of transparent stalactitic columns One room has level and smooth floor and they called it the dance hall, and others have unfathomed pits and chaSmS.
 It is a cave of beauty and import ance and one of the wonders of Ariz- ona, and as such should be thorough ly explored and made national monl- ment by the government.