THIRD REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR I906 45 



Half a mile n. io° w. of Wolfert's cave on the property of 

 J. M. Collins is Benson's cave. It may be followed for 1040 

 feet, the accessible part being excavated almost wholly along deep 

 vertical joints. There have been stalactitic decorations in one of the 

 conical domes but they have been broken to pieces by collectors. 

 The passage is simple and twice doubles on its course in a rather 

 peculiar manner, one section extending for 609 feet almost directly 

 against the dip. 



Richtmyer's cave, ^ mile further north is entered from a pit 

 in the Coeymans limestone. It consists of a medium-sized room and 

 a widened joint running southeast (both in the Manlius) and may be 

 followed for about 300 feet. This may be connected with Howe's 

 cave. 



Jack Patrick's cave is located near the head of a gorge which 

 opens into the Cobleskill valley between Howes Cave and Central 

 Bridge. It is excavated along joints in the Cobleskill and 

 Rondout with some solution along the contact line. It can be 

 penetrated for only a short distance and is doubtless a drain 

 which draws off the wiater from a large cavern in the higher 

 limestones. The stream issuing from it is fairly strong even in 

 dry weather. The cave probably parallels Howe's cave and may 

 reach beyond Grovernor Corners where a small underground 

 stream is to be found in Pigmy cave on the property of William 

 Passage between tl^at place and Carlisle Center. 



Youngs's cave, on the farm of Spencer Youngs ^ mile due 

 west of Carlisle Center is excavated in the Becraft limestone and 

 discharges a stream into the southern end of the trough at the 

 opposite extremity of which are McFail's cave and Cave Disappoint- 

 ment. The roof has given way for most of its length but is intact 

 for three or four hundred feet. Ponded water and a low ceiling 

 prevent one from passing underground from one end to the other. 



There is another subterranean waterway in the Becraft which 

 deserves attention although all efforts to penetrate it failed. It 

 extends from the depression on the farm of Leroy Lawyer i}i 

 miles north of Russell lake, to Becker's pond, a spring 80 feet 

 in diameter and 25 feet deep, a little more than ^ mile south of 

 Shutts Corner. It receives also the drainage from a depression 

 on the farms of William Brown and Chester Kniskern a mile and a 

 half west of Carlisle Center and probably also a stream which falls 

 into a fissure in the Becraft near the barn of David Chambers 

 between Carlisle Center and Shutts Corner. 



