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fateful last exploration, Marrian and Furlong thought of Samwel Cave much as we think of Kokoweef and the Cave of the Winding  Stairs.

    “Can we be wrong? Will this chapter someday be rewritten in blazing headlines: ‘SPELUNKERS VERIFY REDISCOVERY OF CAVE OF GOLD!’

    “Every romantic California caver hopes so..."   

 

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The following letter, which appeared on page 128 of the June, 1953 issue of FATE magazine:

 

     "’The Devil's Tramping Ground' in the February, 1953, issue of FATE is similar in some respects to the story in the November-December, 1951, issue, ‘The Mysterious Circles of Shasta,’ better known as the Siskiyou Stone Circles. They were made for a specific purpose and are still in use.

     “I believe I know what the circles are used for. They were made by the little people who live either beneath the surface of the surrounding terrain or within the mountain itself. There is no law, written or unwritten, that says people have to live upon a planet's surface. It is safer to dwell within a planet.

     “These people are not the only inhabitants of this region. There are others too, and I don't mean U.S. citizens, either. And they possess great knowledge which they use well.” --– Umberto Y. Orsi., New York, N.Y.

 

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The following account appeared on page 75 of the November, 1953 issue of FATE Magazine, and was titled, ‘MYSTERY OF THE SINKING ROAD’: