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July 7 Tuesday Luray Va.
Shaded most of the morning
Visited Luray cave pm 8 to 10 A M The
cave probably have a depth of 150 feet and is be-
neath the surface from 20 to 120 feet This in
the Shenandoah limestone in the rhythm bedded zone
(a conculent like beds) seen yesterday about 1/2 mile
north of Antietam same stone north of Sharps Ferry,
Queens, only me sees a fissure but once after the
water has deeped down through the roof. The cave
drips but little and may be regarded as a finished
cave now on the healing down process In many
places especially the dry places the stalagmite is
exploding. The ground color of the cave deposits
is a yellow but in places there are perfectly white
deposits.
The human bones seen some of which others de-
termined by Zeedy, look to me as if they come here
for effect,
In some of the chambers the stalagmites are
small and cylindrical or pointed, in others I just
fluted pillars and finally there are roofs with an
abundance of dead or hard like deposits.