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above the foot of the bluff. It has an entrance 30 feet wide, the roof 

 being- 8 feet high. It is well lighted to a depth of 120 feet, where it 

 curves. No refuse was observed, but the situation is favorable for 

 habitation. 



Another cave, near this, has an entrance 30 feet Avide and 10 feet 

 high; it is well lighted for 40 feet back. 



The third cave of this series is a rock shelter a short distance 

 south of the second, and higher up in the bluff. 



All these appear to deserve an examination. 



BERRY CAVE 



A cave on George Berry's land, in a ravine opening into the east 

 side of Roubidoux Creek, 3 miles from Hanna post office, has a small 

 entrance* which is nearly closed by " drip rock," the roof, walls, and 

 floor being thickly incrusted. These deposits, which it is said are 

 even more abundant farther in, seem to be rather rapidly increasing 

 in volume. 



MAXEY CAVE ( IC>) 



^^liat is known as Maxey's Cave is 7 miles south of Waynesville, on 

 the west side of Roubidoux Creek. It is by far the largest open cave 

 in this region, the entrance being 40 feet high and 100 feet wide. It 

 extends across the head of a ravine, and if the loose earth at the 

 sides were cleared away it would be found still wider. The entire 

 floor is covered with a mass of rocks of every size up to several tons, 

 except at one side of the entrance where there is a small amount of 

 loose earth. The front chamber is 300 feet long to where the cavern 

 forks; in one of these forks daylight extends for 100 feet farther, 

 or 400 feet from the mouth. Marks on the walls show that the entire 

 floor is sometimes covered 2 or 3 feet deep with running w^ater. 



A survey made some years ago disclosed a mass of earth and rock 

 " a long w^ays back in the hill ;" definite figures could not be obtained. 

 Beyond this point it was impossible to proceed. By running corre- 

 sponding angles and lines on the surface outside the surveyors came 

 to a very large sink hole, into which flowed the drainage of several 

 farms. This explains the flood marks. Clearly the roof of the cave 

 had fallen in at this point. 



YOARK CAA^ 



Yoark Cave, a fourth of a mile east from Maxey's in a bluff fac- 

 ing south on the left bank of Roubidoux Creek, has an entrance 40 

 feet wide, 30 feet high, and is in daylight for 150 feet. Cave earth 

 extends for 100 feet from the entrance, and apparently continues 

 from this point under the gravel and clay which have washed from 

 the interior. 



