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SHELTERS 



Two small rock shelters near the Wild-hofj Cave may have been 

 resorted to as temjDorary camping places. 



PHELPS CAVE 



A cave on the farm of James Phelps, 2 miles soutli of Yancy Mills, 

 is described ai small, with a narrow entrance. 



" KEY ROCKS " 



Near Yancy Mills there is something known as " the Key Rocks." 

 It can not be found by a stranger and no guide was available at the 

 time the place was sought. It is described as a small, deep, circular 

 hole in solid rock, in which were many stone covers or lids, one 

 above another, gradually diminishing in size and " cut to fit down 

 on each other." It is probably due to stream erosion. 



JONES CAVE 



On Little Piney, half a mile south from Yancy Mills, is a large 

 cave on the Jones farm. It is said to have a large entrance and 

 much earth on the floor. As the owner uses it for a warehouse in 

 Avhich to store fruits and vegetables and utilizes the stream flowing 

 through it for preserving milk and butter, no examination could be 

 made. 



TANCY MILLS CAVE 



There is a small, shallow cave near the top of the bluff, half a mile 

 north of Yancy Mills. It contains no evidence ^of occupation, except 

 that walls and ceiling are blackened with smoke, due, probably, to 

 modern refugees or hunters. 



LANE MOUND (7) 



It was reported, too late to visit the site, that on George Lane's 

 farm, on Little Piney, a mile north of Yancy Mills, is a mound " 8 

 feet high, built of earth," and surrounded with the usual evidences 

 of a village site, scattered over the level bottom on which it stands. 



CAIRNS ON LOST HILL, AT MOUTH OF GOURD CREEK ( 8 ) 



Gourd Creek flows into the east side of Little Piney River 12 miles 

 southwest of Rolla. It is less than 4 miles long, and but for three 

 or four large springs near its source, which keep its volume fairly 

 uniform, would be dry most of the year. 



Parallel with it, a short distance to the southward, is a ravine 

 several miles in length, known as Coal Pit Hollow. This originally 



