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St. Louis, Mo., April 9 - The city of Moberly, Mo. is stirred up over the discovery of a wonderful buried city,
which was discovered at the bottom of a coal shaft 360 feet deep, which was being sunk near that place through
a hard and thick stratum of lava whose arches formed the roof of the buried city. The streets are regularly laid
out and enclosed by walls of stone which is cut and dressed in a good though rude style of masonry.
A hall 30 by 160 feet was discovered wherein were stone benches and three statues showing that when alive
the figures were three times the size of an ordinary man and possessed of a wonderful muscular power. The
head bones had separated in two places, the sagittal and the cerebral sutures having been destroyed.
The implements found embrace bronze and flint knives, stone and granite hammers,
metallic saws of rude workmanship, but proved metal, and others of similar character, they are no so
highly polished, nor so accurately made as those now finished by our best machines but they show skill
and an evidence of an advanced civilization that are positively wonderful.
The searching party spent twelve hours in the depths and only gave up explorations because of the oil
in their lamps getting low. No end to the wonderful discovery was reached. Further search disclosed
statues and images made of a composition closely resembling bronze lacking luster. A stone fountain
was found located in a wide court or street and from it a stream of perfectly pure water was flowing
which, upon being tasted was found to be strongly impregnated with line. The most wonderful thing
of all was found lying beside the fountain were the portions of a skeleton of a human being. The facts
are vouched for by Mr. David --ates the Recorder of the city of Moberly and Mr. George Keating,
city marshal who were of the exploring party. A further extended search will be made soon.
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