2014 Fall Edition Newsletter

Miami County Cave "T PME NFO TJU BSPVOE JO UIF DPČ FF TIPQ they visit about many subjects. One item of interest came up recently was about an old cave over by Somerset, Kansas. As this cave is on private property we won’t disclose it’s location. ć F GPMMPXJOH UFYU JT B FYDFSQU JT GSPN B CPPL “Caves In Kansas” by cave explorers James Young and Jonathan Beard, available from Amazon.com Caves in the Argentine Limestone Member Cave Spring Cave, the longest cave in Pennsylvanian limestone in Kansas, is found in the Argentine Limestone Member of the 8ZBOEPUUF -JNFTUPOF ĕ H 8FTU Ę PXJOH 4PVUI 8FB $SFFL IBT DVU through the Argentine limestone, exposing UIJT .JBNJ $PVOUZ DBWF JO UIF WBMMFZ XBMM ć F cave’s passage trends north-northwest, and its south-southeast-facing entrance drains its XBUFS JOUP B QPOE XIPTF PWFSĘ PX SVOT JOUP South Wea Creek. ć F "SHFOUJOF -JNFTUPOF .FNCFS JT MJHIU olive gray to grayish orange, thin-bedded, and cherty in the area of Cave Spring Cave. ć F GFFU NFUFST PG TVSWFZFE passage in the cave is mostly a stooping or hands-and-knees crawling passage through water. In several places cave explorers must lie in water to slide under areas of low ceiling. Chert nodules protruding from the ceiling BOE XBMMT NBLF UIF DSBXM NPSF EJď DVMU "T in Jack Spring Cave in the Flint Hills, Cave Spring Cave’s cold water and demanding pas sage make a wet suit mandatory to avoid the danger of hypothermia.

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