CONTENTS 



I. Caa-e Explorations in the Ozark Region of Central Missouri 



I'age 



Introduction J3 



The Upper Current River 18 



Shannon County 18 



Bat Cave 18 



Blue Spring, or Fishing Cave '. 18 



Welch's Cave ; 18 



Big Creek Cave 18 



Texas County 19 



Smith Caves 19 



Saltpeter Cave 19 



Dent County 20 



Mammoth Cave 20 



Guthoerl Cave 20 



Short Bend Cave 20 



Money Cave 21 



Saltpeter Cave 21 



Watson, Twin, or Onyx Caves 22 



House mounds ^ 22 



Phelps County 22 



Bates Cave 22 



Another "Bates Cave" 23 



Renaud Cave 23 



Marsh Caves 23 



Wild-hog Cave 23 



Shelters 24 



Phelps Cave 24 



" Key Rocks " ' 24 



Jones Cave 24 



Yancy Mills Cave 24 



Lane Mound 24 



Cairns on Lost Hill, at mouth of Gourd Creek 24 



Exploration of the Gourd Creek Cave 28 



Onyx Cave 34 



Goat Bluff Cave 35 



Cairns at Sugar Tree Camp 40 



Tick Creek Cave • 41 



Cave in Pool Hollow 41 



House mounds near Rolla 41 



House mounds near Dillon 42 



House mounds near St. James 42 



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