Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-03-28

| lions or chambers: Forty 1eet from
entrance is the Vestibule Chamber,
length 30 feet, width % feet; thence
through the Viaduct, AS feet to the
! DEVILS Elbow, a narrow trail wind
ing down a precipice almost perpen-
dicular for 35 feet to King Solomon's
Temple, a magnificent chamber in
terspersed with sparkling stalactites
and stalagmites, red, white, brown
and silvery crystal walls and roof,
with here and there fossil she'll
chamber $50 feet, with 100 feet,
en- the lime walls; length of the
chamber $50 feet, width 100 feet,
height from level of lowest walks 10
the roof, approximately 60 feet. Along
either wall are large. walks, a huge
rock extends through center from
east to west, and in the midst of
! the Temple is the Throne, a seq
regated portion of the large center
rock, covered with wave-like layers
of spar formed by the percolation
through the rock above of water con-
/ tanning bi-cnloride of lime, and on
either side of the Throne are it's
/ two beautiful Cherubims, so far from
the walls of the Temple that pow
erful flashlights will not penetrate
the intervening darkness
From the temple extend the three
caverns or wings of the cave that
reach to the beautiful crystal cham
hers below; but besides these wings,
/ against the walls of the temple are
chambers round about named and
described in their respective order
from entrance of the temple, as fol-
lows:
! To the south side of the Temple,
extending in a westerly direction is
the Hitching Post Alley, well de-
fined walk through stumps of large
stalagmites that were broken in early
Exploration of the cave. This alley
is very attractive to all visitors, as
it shows many pretty colors when
well lighted and has such long and
large stalagmites and stalactites
About 20 feet from the alley and to
the right side is the Crawl, rough
and narrow way, winding around
underneath the Throne and the large
rock in the center of the Temple; 40
feet from the alley and to the left
side are the Honeycomh Chambers
lying behind and around the south
wall of the Temple; in the southwest
corner of the Temple are the re-
nowned Opera Boxes, group of
small openings behind beautiful clear
and white stalactites, overlooking
King Solomon's Throne and extending
along the walls of the Temple a dis
lance of 80 feet; extending from the
northwest side of the Temple dis
lance of $50 feet is the Fishing
Worms Race Track, a small hole
winding through solid lime rock con-
Meeting the Temple with the north
wing of the cave at Turnover Falls,
making two entrances from the Temple
and above the main entrance to the
north wing is the chamber of the
I Upper Ten, high up against the wall
of the temple, on each side and in
front of this chamber being many
small, hollow, delicate stalactites:
these are only the small chambers
that surround the Temple and do
not include any of the branches Of
the cave leading down to the deep
crystal chambers below.
: The unexplored parts of the cave
begin at the entrance to the Hitch
ing Post Alley with the Hiding Place,
which has small entrance through
the floor of the Temple and opens into
a long chamber just below; from the
chamber is an intricate passage called
the Winding Star, leading downwadr
through lime rock of decomposed sur
face, a distance of 250 feet with holes
/ leading off in many directions that,
to the present are unexplored At the
49, TKr;r
eide Precipice, over which one must
descend from the roof of the deep
chamber to the floor. This chamber
is called the Landing, is about rs
feet in length, is walled and roof
ed with red and white crystals, and
leads to the walk of a large cham
Der extending in cross direction. In
one end of this cavern is the We'll
kin Chamber, so named because of
it's blue, icy looking ceiling bespang-
led with rose colored, rose shaped
crystals. Back of this chamber are
the Curtain Chambers of snow white
crystals; opposite these chambers are
many small chambers connected by
intricate passages and all are beauti-
full crystal chambers, one of which
is the Snow Chamber, where there
are large deposits of CrystalYzed
lime, white as frosted snow, loosely
drifted, evidently by an ancient
water course. These chambers were
only recently discovered and have
never been thoroughly explored.
] Returning to King Solomons Tenn
pie and passing through Hitehlng
Post Alley brings us to the Big Break,
a deep and narrow chas'n, extending
! from the south side of the Temple,
back and downward, but has not been
| explored because it is so narrow and
! dangerous. Almost directly over the
Big Break is the Gopher Hole, eX
tending downward like the Hiding
! Place, and is also unexplored be-
cause it is close, rough and dusty.
! At the extreme west end of the
Temple is the entrance to the lar
gest wing of the cave leading down
over large rocks at an angle of As
degrees, a distance of Is feet from
| the Temple being the Bridal Cham
Der, 80 feet in length, 20 feet in
width, and about II feet in height,
with small chambers on every isde,
above and below. These once beauti-
ri cI1oY i,,i, nd