The Amazing Discovery Story (part 4 of 6)

Unable to reach the floor in the first attempt of entering his new discovery, 16-year-old Jim White would return later with homemade wire, a wood ladder and a kerosene lantern. So, in 1898, alone, Jim descended down the cliff roughly 60 feet to the first landing inside the cave, and began exploring the pitch-black tunnels. He famously used a ball of string to ensure he could find his way back out…

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