New Britain herald., 1925-02-06
HOPE REVIVED,
 CAVE IS FOUND
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(Continued from First Page1 Cave City, who is treasurer of the Collins relief fund. Foods and ma terals for the workers has cost most than s1,000 and thus far only $200 has been contributed, Caldwell said.
 Dig Down 12 Feet.
 The shaft through which rescuers expect to reach Floyd Collins, trap ped in cave for a week, had been sunk at noon today depth of twelve feet toward the cavern, 55 feet below the surface, in which Collins in imprisoned. The continu- ous stream of fresh men digging down through the hillside had first hoped to reach within 36 hours the cavern from which Collins was crawling when a boulder fell in his leg. Continuous dirt and rock slides hampered the diggers, however. One third of the material being removed from the bottom was cave-in matter.
 Only Two at Time.
 Only two miners can work below at the same time as the excavation is only six feet wide. They pile their rock and dirt on a small platform which Is drawn up my men on the surface and carried away in wheel barrows by others.
 A sawmill. operated by tractor power, is being used to provide pill ing slabs for bracing the sidewalks of the shaft. These heretofore have been cut by hand.
 The general belief was that he was succumbed; by being crushed to death, or by suffocation, CT by pneu- monia, any of which would end his long fight to live.
 Radio Tests Made.
 Early today, however, radio was resorted to in hopes the cave would give up its secret. A two stage audio frequency amplifier was connected in the lighting circuit leading into the cave. ana known to be intact. The lights were turned off, and with head sets clampcd to their ears, the | experimenters listened for any sound that might be interpreted as coming from Collins. After the test, the men said that they heard distinct sounds, believed by them to have been caused by the jarring of the carbon filament in the electric light bulb fastened about Collins neck. It was commented that, if alive, Collins had probably moved when the light went out thus shaking the filament. On the other. it was pointed out that other noises might have caused the sounds heard in the headsets. Thus, nothing definite was determined.
 Hole Now 10 Feet Deep,
 It has been estimated that Collins is lying 55 feet below the surface. Estimates as to the time it will take to sink the shaft vary from A to 72 hours. Modern apparatus is re- placing the primitive means previ- ously used. Every precaution is being taken to guard the workers against tumbling into any cavern that may exist between the surface and Collins, or just beyond him. The new opening is expected to reach the natural passage some Is feet be- hind Collins, In this way workers hope to enter the shaft on the side of the rock which is holding Collins
 Light Still Burning.
 That the eletcric light bulb, placed about Collins neck Wednesday i' still burning was taken as indica. tion that the cave-in had not reach. ed the prisoners head. Any strong pressure would crush the golbe anC therefore break the circuit it wa. pointed out. Geo.ogsts today eX pressed the opinion that Collins wal under two large boulders which art believed to be lying against eacl other, forming a protective arch. Brigadier General H. H. Denhardt lieutenant governor, was in charge 0 the situation with federal engineers a geologists and old time cave mel < pooling their resources in an effor $ to get to Collins.
 Scientific Investigations. If Collins is not brought out of hi 3 underground prison aliyo, he vii 4 have left behind him what is believ cd to be valuable contribution { science in the form of huma skull and several bones of a skeleto q that he found n a cave in one of hi q previous explorations.
 R These bones are now in the posses