The Amazing Discovery Story (part 5 of 6)

On subsequent journeys, Jim White would continue several miles underground and descend vertically more than 700 feet below the surface. He spent the next several years exploring the cave system, naming iconic landmarks like the Big Room, King’s Palace, and Devil’s Spring. For a long time, his claims of a “buried fairyland” were dismissed as tall tales by locals, and he was even ridiculed for his “grand exaggerations.” But Jim was not exaggerating at all. For example, The Big Room is roughly 4,000 feet long and 625 feet wide (the size of 6 football fields), with a ceiling up to 350 feet high…

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