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through the tortuous and branching underground tunnels back to the main cavern.

   This main cavern, blue printed by the U. S. Geodetic agent, whose name I cannot remember, was tremendous.

   There were 1500-foot waterfalls that washed down into it, gradually filled it to a depth of many feet, then suddenly rushed out in a direction away from the falls. Siphonage, apparently.

   This washing, continuous for God knows how many millenniums, was what was mining the gold down in the bottoms of the cavern, if memory serves.

   There was a stalactite hanging from somewhere that was 100 feet through at its ceiling base, and extended downward FIFTEEN HUNDRED FEET.

   There were many other unbelievable features. It was nothing less than the Grand Canyon of the Colorado repeated underground.

   A certain Sparks Stringer apparently was working with the Dorr brothers to raise funds for further attempts to re-enter.

   One Ed Nuhl, then an executive and now business manager at Universal Studios, was approached by Stringer and one William H. Burk, or Burke, (who will be in the Los Angeles city directory) with the proposition that Universal put up the money for re-opening, in return for photo rights.

   This was favorably considered for a time then turned down on the grounds that it was prevented by technical difficulties. These were, I believe, sufficient power for illumination, etc.

   The Southern California Automobile Club, or I believe, one of its officers, was interested, somehow. It may have been because of its promise as a tourist attraction, but there was a mystery about his interest. It did not seem legitimate to us at