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There is a wet weather stream along one wall, but the amount of 

 water passing out is never large. 



Solid bedrock, with patches of cave earth on it, is exposed, in 

 slightly rising strata, for 10 feet from the little bluff at the mouth ; 

 within this it is hidden by the earth which gradually rises to a 

 height of 6 feet ; but some of this rise may be due to increased eleva- 

 tion of the rock floor. The entire cave can be easily cleared out to 

 the stalagmite ; and it would be advisable to remove at least portions 

 of this in order to ascertain what may lie beneath it. 



Refuse appears in considerable quantity in the bottom of the little 

 stream bed and under the receding walls; and likewise a small 

 amount outside the entrance. But the bedrock crops out frequently 

 in narrow ledges between the mouth of the cavern and the foot of 

 the hill, so very little debris of any kind lies on the slope outside. 



Some alteration of the surface of the earth floor has taken place 

 in consequence of the construction of platforms; but aside from this 

 it has remained practically undisturbed. 



BAGNELLCAVE (32) 



A large cavern is near the top of the " Bagnell Hill " on the Bag- 

 nell and Linn Creek road, on the right (south) side of the Osage 

 River, and about 3 miles from the town of Bagnell. On account of 

 the " millions " of, bats which shelter in it, the name of Bat Cave 

 is applied to this as it is to many other caves in the region. 



The entrance is so small that the cavern can be entered only by 

 crawling in; and as no traces of Indian remains have ever been ob- 

 served in it, or around the front, no examination was deemed neces- 

 sary. 



BODE CA^'E (33) 



Half a mile south of St. Elizabeth is the Ben Bode Cave. The roof 

 has fallen in near the front, leaving the original exterior standing as 

 a natural bridge a few feet wide. The present entrance to the cavern 

 is 40 feet behind the bridge. It has a Avet, rocky floor, and much 

 water flows through it after a rain. 



LUCKENHOrr CAVE 



On John Luckenhoff's farm, three-fourths of a mile south of St. 

 Elizabeth, facing Tavern Creek, is a small cave with a rocky floor. 

 The entrance is nearly blocked with a mass of stalagmite, behind 

 which the cave is dark. 



JURGGENMEYER CAVE 



It was reported that in a " cave " on the farm of Conrad Jurggen- 

 meyer, 2| miles east of St. Elizabeth, a hiiman skull was discovered. 



