Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-10-24
SHOSHONE ICE
CAVE WONDERS
DAZZLING LovLiNEss or CA
TnEoRAL LIKE INTERIOR
WITH CRYSTAL WALLS.

states contain sum "a f"ttfts "a
arautif1l SCENERY 0r have - pifns
natural wondefs aa does th8t 1ettinn
- TIE sqcst SNAKE River Nai'ey ~hseh
hes near ne city ~ shofhonf.
M4ns II these great natufai H'tHdefH
are comparatively unknown even 10
tha residents ~ fhia immeditie ioetl-
ltg NOT efhssanding ihe fact that they
can D. easily reached rs short drive
over oar main Travelled automohiie
roads
Tho m6st remarkable fTample 81
these almost unknown wonders are
tha EhashOns ice caves. which are
located about is saiies north 81 Hh0-
shone 0n ne main travelled road run
ming from shoshoue 10 Haley, "a
paint about 4 mile abc - senator
Pred qoodinss Cottonwood ranch
The road b. In good condition AID IN
being improved ~ the sboshonc High
way c0mmoaai1n, 30 that u viii
shortly be one ~ the best automobile
roads IN the State.
The trip from Hhoshone Is 50 full |
81 ever changing conditions ana such /
shifting ~ beautiful scenes a. % ap. I
peal 10 the most critical u sighs5Hers
one passes over sbe biz lava heda.
then tasnugh the rich agriculture
iana ~ the idaho irrigation company
traci aud 90 through the foot liiis
where 900 road parallels ihf peant
fui n.s Wea1 H,Vaf inep on thraHsh
the 1if uil.nHaaH4 la NatNi tef
ihr be ~ iFoteH hrk w
faue au 81 ffe
river fnf a aHt
afr0a wad
em tsU n n H
aDd ~ s8tN nh
81 81 4fffuHig naaf 900 hHp iat
90 o. aliu0sr mfelale % van, nfm
d fef amy distance
THE iee caves arr located within
ausffef ~ 4 mile pf ihm hruRen iaya.
There afe several ifa caves in lhia
HeiehhoFha0d but so Far as the writer
hes been able 20 ascertain thefe are
only two that produce any large
quantity Of lee and only one hat
could be considered as great nat
ufal wonder
The big cave has been named the i.
ahoshone ifr cave the smaller one the !
nig Cottonwood Zee cave.
Bio Cottonwood leo Cave.
This cave b. about quarter a "
mile this side ~ the broken lava beds 4,
above described and about half nile !,
southwest from the wagon road and =
4 fight ANGLES 20 u. AZ this writing =,
/ pole II about rs feet Ia hcishi :,
.tand ia the rocks al the mouth ~ -
he cave and can easily By seen fr9sn Is
ne road.
A. ono ucars the cave hs can see a -
soi defined course ~ deep depfFes- ~
5ns somewhat like an old river he'd. .
49, 800 ~
oVsral mites long probably caused
y falling IN ~ the roof or ceilings ~
+ sefies 81 cd caves
Ia order 20 set 20 The entrance ~ -,
be- fls Cottonwood cave Il "a necea-
ify 20 climb down about 30 feet into
be- of those daprcssiona. but the climb
NOT "a an difficult, even for ladies'
The enfranra ~ iu under an over
angling wall which forms an aieeve ~
bout so feet square person may
and ln the sunshine AT the entrance
, Che alcoYe and sre thn tee floor nl
le first chamber ahunf 80 feet wide
y 0 feet hong snd hasing collins r.
ffom 4 l8 faft ga height rhr
DOR b covered with saiid SEQ Wiich
ina iu thickness from a fcw uc iea
sqno ihfts feet. OK
The second chamber Be- about iH
"a iawef ihan tho firsi ani WaF he
.4f.f reached without che asa af lnd-
.ra "a ropes This chamber IS about
senfv fret wide and to 30 feet long
go ONE sife b. & solid wall ef See aav
.a feef ttiak Tee can be seen ln
.yeihi different piaesa IN thc cham "'
sf Uhefe the water haa itickied down :"
ie slide aBii ~
The third chamber % thout fest q"
siow the fand ene Rnd O. 20 little en-
tefasg It D. small with q low cell -.
IS and has an See waii which s. rsaiiy u'
iy continuation ~ the See wti ~
the second chamber
The temperature is cold and there 2"
90 Indication % ans melting tee even ~,
July and August There ,s. h1w
,er. a great deal ~ proof that the e
uief which trickies IN from above 20
cexes during the summer months, ~
shoshere lee Cave. re-
De leaving the small cave one can
low tho above mentioned series n An
.prea~ions Tor about a mile ia 60
,rtheriy direction and arrive az the
trance 20 the shoshong ice caves. "
The entrance - marked ~ monu- =.
cnt constructed ~ pile ~ rock some =.
ar q five feet high. There y an ~
her rock monument about a quart &c
Of a uiia 20 the north. u marks wy
. entrance 60 q cave which tradition ~.
- - a famous robbers cave where vi
>. goo in gold dust - buried - -
me entrance 10 about 30 feet be W
= the level o. she surrounding ccun'
and il very similar 60 that ~ the o'e
ttcn~ood cave except that u u W.
'ser and easter 81 access. There Ia sss
aicoyr formed ~ cAerhargink t"'
sks about 30 or 40 feet wide and sup
feet deep The fco which forms eNt
= floor ~ the first chamber can be skp
nris seen while standing outside w.
she bright sunshine sno
On AUGUST "a 1919 a. n o'rioct q. -.
the sun was shining directly on :
rtion ~ fhe So laying just next g. go.
) first cAnmhSr
fhe FIRST chamber ls atnui 50 60 q
e ir r8fh spf ar tfcfaFs icnEth ~
sM PSI. i has tarre E1foc
feel rfih vnife flns taek theui