Lost River - Karst Information Portal

2007 NSS Convention Guidebook
This cave is located on the west side of Dry
Run, a major dry stream bed that enters
the Ohio River just east of Leavenworth,
Indiana. Eric Morris discovered the entrance
to this cave in the spring of 1995. The entrance
is situated immediately above a large spring.
Before anyone could enter, numerous rocks
had to be moved out of the way. Chris Schotter,
Aaron Green, and Fritz Schultz assisted Eric in
moving enough rocks to squeeze into the cave.
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Erics River Cave
By Dave Black, 1999
A gate is now installed a short distance into the
entrance crawlway. The passage immediately
past the gate floods and can stay flooded for a
long period of time. The first 150 feet of cave
passage is a breakdown crawl with just one
breakdown room for relief. About 50 feet
past the breakdown room the main passage
is reached. The main passage averages 25 feet
wide by 12 feet high with a stream meandering
between mud banks. The main passage