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T he entrance to
King Leo Cave
is a 47-foot pit. The
entrance area of the
cave consists of a
dome-pit complex. A
narrow canyon off the
last dome, leads, after
240 feet of crawling,
to a large borehole.
The northern section
of the borehole
ends in breakdown
after 800 feet. The
southern section of
the borehole ends
after 700 feet at a
large dome-pit, where
the passage becomes
filled with flowstone.
The main passage
was developed along
north-south trending
oblique joints in
the Ste. Genevieve
Limestone. These
joints contributed to
the huge breakdown
blocks and the
corresponding large
passage. The main
passage averages
15 feet high and
25 feet wide. There
are numerous mud
banks along the
sides of the passage.
Ron Richards, of
the Indiana State
Museum, has
excavated two muskox
skeletons from the
northern section of
the cave.
King Leo Cave
Harrison County Caves
By Dave Black
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