The Mail-Journal, Volume 6, Number 17, Milford, Kosciusko County, 28 May 1969 — Page 12

THE MAIL-JOURNAL—Wed., May 28, 1969

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A Spelunkers’ Holiday

Not many people think of Indiana as a cave state, but the fact is that Hoosiers can boast of more than 400 known caves. And chances 'are there, are more to be found. If you’re interested in these geological marvels, the Chicago Motor Club AAA suggests what could be called a “spelunker’s holiday” —a tour to some of the better known caves in Indiana. As you probably know, a spelunker is interested in the indoors of the outdoors — in other words, the cavities in the earth known as caves or caverns. The motor club’s caves tour, however, is limited to underground passageways that are safe for the entire family — already well explored, lighted and marked,

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and in some cases offering guides. (If you’re not a spelunkF er, there’s plenty on this tour to I see aboveground.) • The second longest cave in the world with the second largest i cavern is Wyandotte Cave lo- > cated near the bottom of the state just off Ind. 62 near Wyan- > dotte. There are five distinct floor levels in this magnificent cave, and some 23 miles of explored passageways. The many . unexplored regions are best left to the experienced spelunker. Big Wyandotte, as it is called, is the only cave in the country exhibiting every kind of cave formation on a single route. A I huge stalagmite mountain, the “Pillar of Constitution,” is 35 feet high and 75 feet in circumference. It is the largest single

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formation known to exist in any I cave in the world. i In 1967 the state purchased i this cave and installed lights in most of the explored passage- i ■ways. Three guided trips, rang- 1 ing from one and one-half to two i hours are offered hourly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. has excellent lighting and offers I a 45-minute trip. Photo floods make photography possible with out flashbulbs. In this same area are two more tourist attractions -j- Corydon, site of the first sta:e Capitol, and the attractive Lincoln Hills country. Just to the north of Wyandotte is Marengo Cave, near Marengo on an undesignated highway. Here famed Crystal Palace, described as a “fantastic subterranean world of color,” is well worth seeing. This illuminated i cavern has a constant < inside temperature of 54 degrees, i Trips start every hour and cover < about one mile, daily from 9 a. m. to 5 p.m. A bit farther north, on Ind. 37, is Spring Mill state park, popular with Midwesterners not only

for its caves but for a variety of recreational activities and fine scenery. Spring Mill Village in the park is one of the most successful historic restorations in the United States. It was a frontier trading post, founded about 1815, and later abandoned. It was hidden for years among the hills until its moss-covered ruins were discovered in a secluded hollow surrounded by trees. The original water - powered gristmill and reconstructed sawmill, hat shop, post office, still house, bootshop, apothecary shop and remaining portions of a limekiln make up the village. Some of the largest specimens of white oak and tulip poplar in the region are found in some 100 acres of virgin woodland. For the cave explorers there sire a great number of unusual caverns and underground streams inhabited by a rare species of blind fish. Boat trips are available in Twin and Donaldson caves. Lower Twin and Donaldson caves may be explored partially on foot. Other facilities in the park in-

clude swimming, boating, fishing on an artificial lake, horseback riding, camping, picnicking and naturalist service. There also is an inn. There are numerous unmarked caves in this area, which the Chicago Motor Club-AAA recommends only experienced spelunkers attempt to explore. The mSj-ked caves on this Hoosier tout, however, are enough to give the uninitiated cave explorer a fine introduction to a fascinating hobby. New Salem By MRS. RAT FERVERDA JUNIOR HIGH CLASS VISITS GRISSON The junior high class of the church enjoyed a trip on Saturday to the Grisson air force base near Peru. A picnic was enjoyed at noon and the teenagers enjoyed an air show during the afternoon. Attending were pastor and Mrs Michael Ostrander teacher Dennis Shively, assistant teacher Dave Beer, Debra Plank, Georgina Morehouse, Cynthia Schermerhorn, Elaine Kilmer, Rhonda Hurd, Cynthia Rapp, Brenda Davis, Kip and Kevin Tom, Randy Wildman and Scott Dausman. —NS—COMMUNITY NEWS The mass meeting will be held at Camp Mack on Sunday afternoon and evening, June 1. Senator Vance Hartke will be the speaker. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Balsbaugh of Peru spent Sunday evening in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Wildman of r r Leesburg. Shawn Ostrander spent Saturday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wildman and daughters, Cynthia,* Lori and Pamela, at Leesburg. Visitors attending services at New Salem on Sunday forenoon were Mr. and Mrs. George Solloman of New Castle. They were spending the week end at Pink-

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MRS. UNRUE 91 YEARS OLD JUNE 3 Mrs. Ella Unrue, longtime resident of Syracuse, will celebrate the 91st anniversary of her birth on June 3. Mrs. Unrue recently spent some time in the Goshen hospital, however, her health is fair. She gets about with a walker, reads and sews and enjoys an active social life.