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Post by jonsdigs on Apr 21, 2009 11:07:48 GMT -5
Positively Wisconsin: Cave of the MoundsWKOW Madison (WI) April 17, 2009 MT. HOREB (WKOW) -- Seventy years ago this August, quarry workers blasted a hole in the earth near Mount Horeb searching for limestone. What they found instead was a miracle of nature. A miniature Grand Canyon... underground. Today, it's known as the Cave of the Mounds. "It's right below your feet" says General Manager Joe Klimczak, "but you have no clue it's there." It was a secret uncovered with a bundle of dynamite. "They just thought they had a routine day at the quarry" he says, "and instead to discover this fantastic cavern." Researchers immediately knew it was something to be protected. A series of tunnels leading to one amazing sight after another. And they wasted no time posting an armed guard. Klimczak expands, "Actually a shotgun the first couple nights until they could build a structure and get a door on it because it was an immediate sensation." Full Story
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