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

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, with large, clear, sharp pointed crys-
? tails, which, when broken from the
} parent rock, are almost transparent.
: Beyond the Crystal Palace is the
: Hondo, or loop, in which tour
5 of as minutes through small cham
bers of red and white crystals al
) ternated by narrow passes brings the
| traveller back to the starting point
, lat the Crystal Palace.
Crossing the entrance to the Hon
do going in the direction of the re-
} turn through the Rocky Road to Dub
lin, distance of $50 feet, is the Man
} hole into the Dungeon. Dropping
: through the Manhole Is feet by means
of rope, we reach the floor of the
Dungeon. To this chamber there is
but one entrance, through the Man
hole in the roof The chamber is
about SO feet in length and about 80
in width floor sloping, and along
the highest side, behind thin wall
of rock, is the Circle Chamber,
lined with crystals and about 80 feet
in length, with but one small open
ing from the Dungeon.
Extending down from the Dungeon
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winding hole varying in size, but the
entire distance is through a similar
formation of lime rock, with decom-
posed surface, and now and then
solid wall covered with fossil shells.
At the bottom of the chutes the open
ing is very narrow and at all times
there is very noticeable breeze COM
ing from below. Here the crystal
formation appears again and the great
Eureka Aisle begins: length $50 feet
width to rs feet, and of great
height. This Aisle has numberless
red crystals and several large stalag-
mites. Beyond the red chamber is o
chamber of white crystals and great
white stalagmites towering overhead
like monuments of marble, and every
stalagmite is covered with crystals.
Passing out of the aisle, we reach
Broadway, an immense chamber in
cross direction of the aisle, some 200
feet in length, Astounding in crystals
of the rarest beauty, is without dust
or dirt, has purest air, and when
reached is so grand that one is re-
minded of passing from cross street
to the main street of a city.
I Ascending for 80 feet in side
chamber of the Broadway we reach
High Gate, small opening through
thin rock to the Lovers Leap, dis
tance of 80 feet between the walls to
the bottom of a chamber called Dan
ger Lane, which is rough, narrow and
abou SO feet in length on either side
from the Leap.
i Beyond the Danger Lane is the
Gothic Palace, room of great cir
conference, with irregular floor, roof
ed with sharply spointed arches, sup
ported here and there. by clustered col
umns and adorned with countless
thousands of various lowered forma-
tions.
Up the wall of the Gothic Palace,
across foot of the columns, is the
Ginger Bread Castle, small cham
Der with many rare and peculiar spe-
cimens and thousands of sparkling
crystals.
Beyond the Gothic Palace a dis
lance of about rs feet is the Ball
Room, a magnificent chamber decor
ated in unsurpassed beauty as only
Natures hand can do. Extending
from the Ball Room downward to
the right of the entrance is the Are
tic Chamber narrow and long, with
stalacti;tes, stalagmites and pillars
clear as arctic ice. Extending in an
other direction from the Ball Room is
the Gilded Valley, possibly quarter
of a mile in length, through stalae-
tites, stalagmites and lowered walls
white as driven snow, with apparent
evidence that it was an ancient water
course, but now dry because of a
large break all along its bed, per-,
haps the result of an earthquake,
that let's the water pass below. At
the head of the valley are snow
white stalactites and salagmites with
water running down them. One large
stalactite, length 10 feet, width 5,
thickness 8 1-2 feet, was broken off,
likely of the same cause and at the
same time as the break in the bed
of the valley; the broken piece is
lodged directly under the part from
which it was broken, a distance Of
about four feet, water flows over it,
and it is now firmly fastened to the
pillars that lodged it and is gradually
reuniting to the part from which it
was broken. Opposite the Arctic
Ball Room, is the ZigZag, another
long chamber with many small side
chambers extending into the red
crystal formation. These deep cham
bers in every wing of the cave were
explored by Forest Guard e. M. Riggs.
We have visited them but twice, as
the task is very difficult, but to say
the least, their beauty is so marvellous
that a true description would appear
incredible to one who has not seen
them.
Returning to King Solomons Tenn
pie and passing to the north side n
distance of 100 feet, we reach the
north wing of the cave, which begins
with small opening through perpen-
dicular walls wicked and waved with
crystallized lime, presenting most
/ beautiful spectacle when sufficiently
lighted to see it's topmost walls and
roof. One hundred and fifty feet
along this walk is not very de-
sirahle place, as it is rough and IS
infested with bats; but beyond this
rough walk is Turnover Falls; then
for 80 feet beyond is "a funnel