Parties have for several days past been exploring the subterranean passages under this city.
Mr. A. STEWART descended one hundred and twenty-five feet from a cavern under Church-street into a chasm below, and was drawn out almost suffocated by foul air.
Several relics were discovered, including fossils, bones, buttons, and stones resembling agate and marble.
The grand chamber of the cave is forty feet high, thirty feet wide, and eighty long.
Further explorations are to be made.
The water is twenty-two inches deep on Harpeth Shoals.
http://www.nytimes.com/1865/10/29/n...e-city-of-nashville.html?scp=405&sq=cave&st=p
Mr. A. STEWART descended one hundred and twenty-five feet from a cavern under Church-street into a chasm below, and was drawn out almost suffocated by foul air.
Several relics were discovered, including fossils, bones, buttons, and stones resembling agate and marble.
The grand chamber of the cave is forty feet high, thirty feet wide, and eighty long.
Further explorations are to be made.
The water is twenty-two inches deep on Harpeth Shoals.
http://www.nytimes.com/1865/10/29/n...e-city-of-nashville.html?scp=405&sq=cave&st=p
