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Nick Smith has arranged access to this cave
only during convention. Please consider
Parkers Pit and Bordens Pit closed after
convention.
Bordens Pit Cave is owned by Mr Howard
Saylor. Access the caves only from his residence
which is located off Feller Road. Always ask
permission and do not access the caves from
State Road 462.
Park in the lower parking area of the
driveway, not closer to
the house. Walk from
the parking spot to
the right (west) side
of the house to the
trail that leads into
the woods and uphill
to the cave.
The following
is an excerpt from
the Indiana State
Geological Survey
Annual Report:
1876-1878:
“The cave contains
four rooms, each
differing from the
rest in the shape
and number of its
formations. The first
room is about 50 feet
high, and contains
many stalactites,
which are slender,
tolerably clear, and
from 2 to 5 feet
long. The stalagmites
are numerous and
beautiful also; the
stalactitic folds on
the sides of the room
depend in masses that,
no doubt, weigh many
tons. The most noted
formations in the
Bordens Pit Cave
Harrison County Caves
second story are: (1) Very white, clear stalagmites,
covered with points of calc spar, that give them
the appearance of being covered with frost; (2) A
mass of broken stalagmites that have fallen from
the walls of the room; this mass attracts much
attention from those who do not understand the
process of its formation; (3) A large branching
stalagmite in the left side of the room.
“A large pile of rocks, resembling Jug
Rock in Martin County, partly separates the
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