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If these East Caves of Syracuse do now or ever did extend from cliffs of the Syracuse area across under the ocean to the British Isles, for it is some two hundred miles from Syracuse to the Atlantic Coast."

 

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#32 --- In William R. Halliday's book "DEPTHS OF THE EARTH", there can be found the following statements on pages 367-370:

   "Those who dream of Butler Cave as potentially the world's largest, however, must hasten. The explorers of Mammoth Cave and Flint Ridge - and of Jewel Cave - are not the only teams on the verge of breakthrough. Missouri-Tennessee (for instance)... few of our greatest cave areas today can be denied a flickering chance at the title. And for those who dream of long shots indeed, our most magnificent cave area beckons irresistibly:  the Grand Canyon.

   “Perhaps in the purple shadows of the incomparable canyon there really is no chance for a truly great cave system. So believe some experts. Perhaps our hopes here are gossamer dreams, strung together with wishful thinking. Here I claim no impartial judgment. My mind is hopelessly influenced by long intimacy with the timeless beauty of that tranquil canyon. I have seen its magic pastels at moon-rise over the mile-high rim, suddenly dramatized by the weirdly luminous flutter of bat wings. No caver brushed by such a spell is ever the same again.

   “In this strange, magnificent country, much remains to be learned. Sinking streams, an occasional natural shaft, and plateau-top sinkholes tell of much more water vanishing underground

than reappears in canyon-bottom springs.

   “Miles to the south, enormous sinks and