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Diamond Grotto is twenty-five feet in diameter and 
eight feet in height. The floor is covered with crystalline 
plates of calcareous spar, which sparkle with a brilliancy 
almost rivaling the gem for which the Cave is named. 
The ceiling is vermiculated, like the ceiling in Lowe’s 
Avenue. 
Among other places of interest in this beautiful Cave 
may be mentioned Bell’s Spring, The Grand Retreat, 
Nettie’s Palace, Mason Grotto, ete., which cannot here be 
more fully described. 
All who visit Mammoth Cave should, before leaving 
the neighborhood, see the beauties of Diamond Cave. 
PROCTOR’S CAVE. 
Proctor’s CAvE, the property of Mr. L. J. Proctor, 
is quite as remarkable for its beauty as Diamond Cave; 
and as our object is to give information to those desiring 
it, not only in relation to Mammoth Cave, but regarding 
the important curiosities in the immediate vicinity, our 
work would be incomplete without a special notice of 
Proctor’s Cave. 
This Cave is situated three miles from Mammoth Cave, 
and four miles from Glasgow Station, on the Louisville 
& Nashville Railroad. The picturesque scenery surround- 
