Ip In to* mointaine aboot ^*^ mil. a weal^ot this Iowa is * carious formation in solid^lime lion* ooueleling ot a circular holt hay^^ing a diameter ot abool three (Ml auj an^ooknowa depth, which hai long bean re^gerded aa tha ciaUi of a prehlelorlo geyser,^aaya Iba Tuwntend aleaienge . Lust week^llr. J. I'. Hardy, a vtll-known mining^man. dalarminaJ to ei dure il for tba uur-^poia of urnapeetlBg lha look for mineral.^After descending about aigbty faat tba^passage war fonnd to ba bloekad by dabrli^^ utiad Id Irons aboya, wblob, altar olean-^ing aw it. disclosed tbe antranoa to a yeit^underground oavsra. Ai soos ^i be eoeld^aecaatom tin eignt to hit eurrcouJIaga M .^Hardy foand bimulf in tba aldal of oaa^of tba grandee! tlghte erar bebald by Iba^eye of man.
