MYSTERY C AVF
AT MT. KATMAI
IS DESCRIBED
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A mysterious cave covered by a
rock which may lead to a “hollow
mountain” and valuable relics of by
gone ages within the shadow of Mount
Katmai is told of by S. M. Malachoff,
who acts as messenger for the Juneau
United States cable office.
Malachoff was born at Kenai. His j
father was M. S. Malachoff, general
agent for the old Alaska Commercial
Company, and his grandfather was a
Russian trader in Alaska in eafly
days.
*The present Malachoff was 16 years j
old when he resided at Katmai, at the
base of the volcano which made a
world record for erupting ashes. He
was sent on an errand by his uncle,
Adair Alock, another Russian trader,
to Cold Bay.
At that time there were no whites
on Cook inlet or at Cold bay, other
than occasional Russian trades. While
Malachoff was waiting an Indian boy
about his own age told him of a “medi
cine” which the natives used for rheu
matism. and showed him the place
from which it was taken. It was noth
ing more than the seepage of crude
oil which caused the recent stampede
to Cold Bay when the leasing bill was
signed. Malachoff took some of the
oil to his uncle, and later showed it
to Capt. A. E. L#athrop, who was operat
ix^ a ferry on Cook inlet, and the lat
ter at one time talked of fitting out an
exposition and making a further inves
tigation.
Like all young fellows of that day,
young Malachoff made excursions to
distant points, sometimes alone in his
canoe, and sometimes accompanied by
a native lad.
On one of these excursions a native
boy told him he would show him some
thing. He approached a bluff about
^JOO yards from the beach and rolled
aside a stone and exposed to view a
subterranean cavern. The voices
when sent in echoed and re-echoed,
and gave Malachoff the impression that
the whole mountain was hollow inside.
Being in close proximity to the vol
cano of Mount Katmai. it is possible
that underground caverns had been
formed.
The two boys did not attempt to
crawl inside to investigate, and the oc
currence, with other events crowding,
^Imost passed from the mind of Mala
choff. During those early days the
traders took a great many things for
granted The talk of oil at Cold Bay
the other evening recalled to his mind
his boyhood experiences, and he and
his hearer could not help hut wonder
what might be inside of the cave which
the natives seemed careful to try and
hide from sight.
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