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Show 371 13* Bean, Autobiography of George W. Bean, p. 133. 14. Bean's Report, Manuscript History, 7 June I858, p. 615. tortineau's account was similar except he recorded that the subterranean inhabitants were white men. ("History of Mission," p. 38. Entry for 21 toy 1858,) 15. tortineau, "History of MLssion, " p. 38. Entry for 21 toy 1858. 16. Reese River Reveille (Austin, Nevada), 2 torch 1866. 17. Martineau, "Seeking a Refuge in the Desert," p. 299. 18. Bean, Autobiography of George W. Bean, p. 133. 19. Bean's Report, Manuscript History, 7 June 1858, pp. 615-16. 20. The author personally explored the cave in toy 1977 and has no hesitation in declaring that Cave Valley Cave is indeed the cave discovered by the White Mountain Expedition. From the letters and journals, to the maps and compass headings, and even to the tenacious clay on the cave's floor, it can be confirmed in almost every detail. 21. The first part of the walk through the cave is easy and pleasant, and was made easier by the excavation of much of the clay by a commercial enterprise during tbe early 1930s. Two hundred feet into the passage the diggings end, and the cave assumes its natural appearance. As one proceeds deeper into the cavern,the passage broadens becoming fifty feet wide, but the ceiling lowers to only three to six feet through much of the distance causing one to walk in a stooped-over position. Better time can be made by walking upright in the stream cut deep into the clay bottom, but the incredibly sticky clay is sometimes over the tops of the boots. This trench is over four feet deep_ in places. There are two large chambers, over two hundred feet across, where the ceiling is considerably higher. It was doubtless in one of these chambers that Dame's men sang "For the Strength of the Hills " The cave contains numerous sodastraw stalactites and the evidence of some larger ones which |