Name/Title
The WissahickonEntry/Object ID
2013.34.5.97-.104Description
The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 5 -The Wissahickon
Pages 97 through 104 contains Jellett's notes, which will not be transcribed verbatim due to the length. A summary will instead be offered. For those researchers/students/historians interested in a verbatim narrative, the transcription completed by John McArthur Harris, Jr. is available in the Pat Henning Library at the Germantown Historical Society (please see Notes section for specific details).
These pages of Jellett's notes (pages 97 through 104) relate to the caves of the Upper Wissahickon. He relates knowing these caves from his youth and researching the lore associated with them. He also indicates that he has never considered these caves as natural due to quarry marks found within them, but was never able to fully account for them until he chanced upon a paper written by Horatio Gates Jones who rendered a full accounting of the caves.
Jellett then cites passages from "The History of Roxborough" by Horatio Gates Jones, pages 57 -62. This particular passage he has titled "Mine Rock - Treasure Hunters". Jellett (via Jones) then proceeds to render a history of the caves and the indfividuals associated with them. Gorgas is certainly a prominent name figuring in the history of these caves. Jellett/Jones explores the mining operations and the hopes/dreams of miners in finding gold and other precious metals. Livezey is another prominent name that figures in Jones' accounts. As early as 1763, ground was leased for mining. Jones also quotes language from the original articles of agreement that incorporated the Roxborough Mining Company. Jellet concludes Jones' account with an assessment that Jones has presented an array of facts that vanquish the myths, lores and legends regarding the caves of the Wissahickon.Collection
GHS Scrapbook Collection
