Bulletin 70. Caves of New Jersey, 1976 - State of New Jersey

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Fairly Low .......................................... 35 Stevens Camp Cave .................................. 38 Fairy Tube ........................................ 35 Supplee's Mill Cave .................................. 38 Foul Rift Caves ...................................... 35 Vail Cave .......................................... 39 Grouver Cave ...................................... 35 Waterfield Cave .................................... 39 Hainesburg Cave .................................... 35 Yellow Frame Caves ................................ 39 Hainesburg Rock Shelter #1 .......................... 36 Other Caves ........................................ 40 Hainesburg Rock Shelter #2 .......................... 36 Fox Den Cave .................................... 40 Indian HoIlow Rock Shelter .......................... 36 Fox Hole ........................................ 40 Jenny Jump Fracture Cave .......................... 36 Rt. 80Cave ...................................... 40 Kalarama Spring .................................... 37 Cave (Johnsonburg) .............................. 40 Kennedy's Mill Cave ................................ 37 Caves (Penwell) .................................. 40 Lake Susquehanna Cave ............................ 37 Cave (Quaker Church) ............................ 40 Panther Ledge Cave ................................ 37 'Cave(Shiloh) .................................... 40 Pioneer Cave ........................................ 37 References Railroad Cut Cave .................................. 37 Cave Biology of New Jersey, Brother G. Nicholas, F.S.C. Sarepta Quarry Cave ................................ 37 HistoryandLegendsofNewJerseyCaves, ARossEckler .... 40 Sarepta Quarry Cave #2 .............................. 38 Glossary ILLUSTRATIONS PLATES 17 Map, Indian House Rocks .......................... 25 1 CaveLocationMap .......................... Inpocket 18 Map, Kerreganot-Wormscrew Cave System ....... 26 2 Leigh Cave ...................................... 5 19 Map, Mortimer's Cave ........................... 27 3 Breathing Cave System (Crooked Swamp 20 Map, Surface at Paulison's Sinks ................... 27 Cave 2, 3, 7) .................................... 21 21 Map, Paulison's Sinks Cave No. 1 ................. 28 4 Devil's Den ...................................... 22 22 Paulison's Sinks Cave No. 1, Sinkhole Entrance ..... 28 5 Fasolo'sCave .................................... 23 23 Map, Paulison'sSinksCaveNo. 2 ................. 28 6 LnkeMohawkCave ................................ 26 24 Map, Paulison'sSinksCaveNo.3 ................... 29 7 Swimming Pool Cave .............................. 31 25 Paulison's Sinks Cave No. 3, Keyhole Passage ....... 30 26 Map, Sussex County Caverns Nos. 1 and 2 ........... 31 FIGURES 27 Swimming Pool Cave, Ribbon Stalactites ........... 32 1 GeneralMapofNewJersey 28 Map, Vulture Cave ............................... 33 2 Block Diagrams ................................ 4 29 Map, Devil's Kitchen No. 1 ....................... 34 3 Leigh Cave, Pothole Like Features ................ 5 30 Map, Devil's Kitchen No. 2 ....................... 35 4 Worrell Cave, Entrance .......................... 15 31 Devil's Kitchen No. 2, Breccia ..................... 35 5 Map, Peapack Quarry Caves Nos. 2 and 3 .......... 18 32 Map, Fairly Low, Fairy Tube and Faery Hole ....... 36 6 Peapack Quarry Cave No. 3, Big Room ............ 18 33 Map, Pioneer Cave ............................... 37 7 Map, Bevans Caves .............................. 19 34 Map, Sarepta Quarry Cave ....................... 38 8 Map, CampbellCave ............................ 20 35 Map, Supplee'sMillCave ......................... 38 9 Map, Crooked Swamp Cave No. 1 ................ 20 36 Map, Yellow Frame Cave ......................... 39 10 Map, Surface at Crooked Swamp .................. 21 37 YellowFrameCave, Crusted Stalactite ............. 39 11 Crooked Swamp Cave 2, 3, 7 System, Cave Research .. 21 38 Yellow Frame Cave, Fissure Passage ............... 40 12 Crooked Swamp Cave 2, 3, 7 System, Crawlway ...... 22 13 Fasolo's Cave - Ceiling Pendant .................... 23 TABLES 14 Map, Francisco's Cave ............................ 23 I ListofNewJerseyCaves .......................... 12 15 Map, Glenwood Indian Cave ........................ 24 R CaveAssociatedVertebrates-NewJersey ............ 45 16 Glenwood Indian Cave, Passage .................... 24 iii NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
INTRODUCTION What is a cave? It can be defined as a natural rock shelters in New Jersey, as well as several old opening in rock, which is of a size permitting human mines which have been incorrectly called caves. exploration and which extends into a region of Most of the caves and rock shelters in New Jersey sharply reduced light or total darkness. A rock shel- are less than fifty feet long. Larger ones are almost ter, on the other hand, can be defined as the area always found in either limestone or marble; smaller underneath an overhanging rock ledge or talus ones can be found in many different types of rock. boulders, if it is large enough for people to enter. Although usually quite small, rock shelters are Obviously, no sharp distinction can be made between important archeologically since Indian remains and caves and rock shelters; one imperceptibly grades artifacts are sometimes found in them. into the other. This report describes both caves and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The writer wishes to acknowledge the aid and who alsocontributed photographs. guidance given by Dr. Kemble Widmer, the State A special thanks is given to Mr. Frank Markewicz Geologist. A special thanks goes to Brother Nicholas of the New Jersey Division of Water Resources, who and A. Ross Eckler, who contributed special articles identified many of the cave-bearing formations, for the book; and to Richard Anderson for many of found some new caves (most notably Leigh Cave), the cave photographs and use of the N.S.S. cave files, and contributed much time and knowledge to this Thanks also go to the many members of the publication. A note of appreciation is extended to Northern New Jersey Grotto, the former Kittatinny Edna Conroy for having typed the final copies and to Grotto, and the former Rutgers Speleological Society Carol S. Lucey for her aid in proofreading and prefor descriptions, maps and photographs; and to paring thefinalmanuscript. David Conn and the Bell Telephone Laboratories, iv NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Page 1 and 2: CAVES OF NEW JERSEY RICHARD Senior
Page 3: CONTENTS Introduction .............
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Page 17 and 18: I1 DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW JERSEY CAVES
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