The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-06-07
|IMMO1H CAVE HAS
A GIGANTIC SISTER
l.orBER sUBrERRANEAN
o nr = HAS BEEN DIscov-
SoND Drn IN KENTUCKY.
,,r RIVER MAY BE FOUND

.,d His Son Pry Into Natures
'ther a. SDI and Are Rewarded by Dis
Sse ..rilg Beautiful Sights and an
Underground Canyon
=, he mighty subterranean stream
oa . W, .ons ago carved out Mammoth
b. change 'nng its course after com tE'h
'n' nf the worlds grandest won
o .ad begin chiseling a great new
I 20. or through the limestone stratum
P pp.etncky? This is the query geolo-
A'n .re asking since the discovery
sls tbree-tierd cavern of gigantic
nv. .;ons three miles from the great
PPofll s;tes Alvin in the Philadelphia
bic Lfu5 5be lower tier there rushes
hfou q s NC volume that its force
FEel = u stream of cold water across
pes ;,.rsnt Of Green river, where 1t
culi's showing up black and SOM
l aS%s;nst the placid emerald OF the
Esnt .S Su' went those turbulent Nam
nl oaTe waters? Echo river, the be-
" .h;u ue'' stream that rises and tails
f Il lbs tide of Green river, they say,
a. 'l tbe answer. Surface rivers Sc ne
SrOl 'l,' "l.o their course: why not
es that intDa flow hidden from the eyes
ss,n ';5@ Pioneering beneath the earth,
nl1 Tnllns and his son, Floyd Col
f S found in February what
Z Believed to be the answer to the
E9le D riddle after they discovered
X leading down to a second gal
n cave on their place, which
had already named white gyp-
/! which Viii hangs in snowy folds from
| ro ~ and tiers of the underground
ksSageS 49, .;4t,
reIIowish CLEAN into the stygian
srkne,s revealed avenues OF beauty
YER before trod by man, unless the
sOreine knew this place and came
: 70 hide from the foeman. Hardy
Eporers as they were, they were over
H. with establishment and fright at
A noise which they did not I'M
rtand came to their ears. They lis
NJ and recognized it as the gurg-
waters. Then cautiously they
Esed on. Around turn, then weird
j the Pickering light beams danced
tbe rifles of a stream forty feet
de A ledge on one side gave ample
btng. A mist rose into the air which
listened with hellsih light which
BIZ Dante could depict, as the river
bpped precipitately to a great hole
sow
Water Drops 100 Feet.
IOnly a moment they stood before
I precipice and its yawning dark
Is, then retreated, feeling that they
Il gazed into the inferno. Two days
her, after relating their adventure to
septcal neighbors, they resolved to
again. Climbing through the rat
|kiike aperture which leads from
upper tiers, they carried lanterns
u torches and food. Awed only a
.pment by the incessant roar of the
ter they lighted a torch and threw
forward over the cataract. Spirally
decended, Illuminating the sight with
ruddy glow, and. then died suddenly
j the raging waters. In that one brief
bment they saw a wonder never be-
re seen by man. Their dread over
ame, they lighted other torches and
Rtched the momentary lifting of the
RrneSS in the gulf below. Estimating
Il distance at 100 feet, they returned
tell their story to those who would
sten.
sIarryng a while and emboldened
what they had seen, they became
8thralled with the task of exploring
sSageways until lost in a labyrinth
turns and openings. Then the elder
RlbnS discovered that their footsteps
an impression in the light glaze
sand on the cave floor. In this way
2ey retraced their steps until they
Eched1 the upper tier.
In lour kentucky counties, Hart,
Effen' Warren and Edmonson. there
Il virtually no creeks. The drainage