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By vv'ILLIAM R. HALLI DAY WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR NO. 40 1963 State of Washington ALBERT D. ROSELLINI, Governor Department of Conservation EARL COE, Director DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MARSHALL T. HUNTTING, Supervisor Information Circular No. 40 CAVES OF WASHINGTON By WILLIAM R. HALLIDAY Director, Washington Speleological Survey $ 'TATE PRINTING PLANT, OLYMPIA. WASH. 1963 For sale by Department of Conservation, Olympia, Wasbingt-0n. Price, $1.00 FOREWORD Spelunkers and scientists are familiar with caves in many parts of the country, but only few know of the caves in Washington. This familiarity stems from extensive explorations of the known caverns and from the excellent reports published by several agencies. At least six State Geological Surveys have published comprehensive reports on the caves of their respective states, and other agencies have published cave reports for at least five other states. When we learned that Dr. William R. Halliday, Director of the Washington Speleological Survey, was compiling an inventory of the caves of Washington, an agreement was made whereby the Division of Mines and Geology would publish his report. We are fortunate to have the services of Dr. Halliday in this work. Although his profession, medicine, makes heavy demands on his time, he has found time to examine hundreds of caves in the United States and has explored almost all the known caves in Washington. Some 110 caves are described in this report. The limestone caverns here are relatively small, but Washington's lava-tube caves are large, numerous, and complex. Cave explorers and geologists will find these tubes interesting not only for their scientific values but also for their opportunities for adventurous recreation. In addition, this report will be helpful in evaluating the State's caves as war-time shelters and under­ ground storage facilities. Marshal I T. Huntting, Supervisor Division of Mines and Geology Olympia, Washington August 15, 1963 iii CO N'TE NTS Foreword ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iii Introduction ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Acknowledgments ---------------------------------------------------------- 6 f.Aap symbols --------------------------------------------------------------- 6 Descripttonsof caves-------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Adams County -------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Meyer Cave --------------------------------------------------------- 7 Asotin County ------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Benton County------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Chelan County---------------------------------~--------------------------- 7 Chelan Ice Cave----------------------------------------------------- 8 Clallam County ------------------------------------------------------------ 8 Agate Bay Caves----------------------------------------------------- 8 Carson Cave-------------------------------------------------------- 8 Hole-in-the-~all---------------------------------------------------- 8 Clark County -------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Columbia County ----------------------------------------------------------- 9 Cow Ii tz County ------------------------------------------------------------ 9 String Cave--------------------------------------------------------- 9 Other Caves-------------------------------------------------------- 10 Douglas County ------------------------------------------------------------ 10 Ferry County -------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Garfie Id County ----------------------------------------------------------- 10 Grant County ---------------------·----------------------------------------- 10 Arrow Shaft Cave ---------------------------------------------------- 10 Beverly Ice Cave---------------------------------------------------- 10 Blue Lake Cave ----------------------------------------------------- 10 Blue Lake Rhino Cave ------------------------------------------------ 10 Boy Scout Cave ----------------------------------------------------- 11 Crab Creek Cave---------------------------------------------------- 11 Dry Fa 11 s Cave ------------------------------------------------------ 11 East Lenore Caves --------------------------------------------------- 12 Horsethief Cave ----------------------------------------------------- 12 Indian Cave ·-------------------------------------------------------- 12 V CONTENTS Descriptions of caves-Continued Grant County-Continued Jasper Cave ---------------------------------------------------------- 12 Moonshiner 1s Caves 12 Owl Cave 13 Pictograph Cave 13 Rhinoceros Cave 13 Smyrna Ice Cave 13 South Cave 13 West Lenore Caves ---------------------------------------------------­ 13 Wi Ison Creek Cave---------------------------------------------------- 13 Grays Harbor County --------------------------------------------------------­ 13 Island County--------------------------------------------------------------­ 13 Jefferson County ------------------------------------------------------------ 13 Lake Lena Caves------------------------------------------------------ 14 King County---------------------------------------------------------------­ 14 Ada i r 1s Cave --------------------------------------------------------­ 14 Black River Cave ----------------------------------------------------­ 14 Breakdown Cave---------------------------------------------~-------­ 14 Clark's Cave--------------------------------------------------------­ 14 CI iff Cave - ... --------------------------------------------------------­ 14 Danger Cave--------------------------------------------------------­ 14 Danger Cave Annex--------------------------------------------------­ 18 Don's Cave---------------------------------------------------------- 18 D0nlan1sCave ------------------------------------------------------­ 18 Grotto Cave--------------------------------------------------------- 18 Hel Ihole Cave ------------------------------------------------------­ 18 Ledge Pit-----------------------------------------------------------­ 19 Lookout Cave-------------------------------------------------------- 20 lost Cave ----------------------------------------------------------­ 21 Miner's Cave -------------------------------------------------------- 22 Mount lssaquahCave-------------------------------------------------­ 22 Mount Snoqualmie Caves---------------------------------------------- 22 Newton Cave -------------------------------------------------------­ 23 Prospector 1s Cave ----------------------------------------------------­ 27 Red Cave-----------------------------------------------------------­ 28 Second Cave--------------------------------------------------------- 28 v1 CONTENTS Descriptions of coves-Continued King County-Continued Snoqualmie Caves----------------------------------------------------­ 28 Stei nburn 's Cove -----------------------------------------------------­ 28 Steinburn 's Coves ----------------------------------------------------- 28 Other coves 28 Kitsap County--------------------------------------------------------------­ 30 Kittitos County-------------------------------------------------------------­ 30 Cox Cave---------------------------------------------· -------------­ 30 Tri ni dad Cove -------------------------------------------------------­ 30 Vantage Cove-------------------------------------------------------- 30 Klickitat County ------------------------------------------------------------ 30 Big Lava Cave ------------------------------------------------------­ 30 Bronching Cove -----------------------------------------------------­ 30 Butter Cave ---------------------------------------------------------- 30 Cheese Cave--------------------------------------------------------- 31 Ice Cove 34 Levo Cave----------------------------------------------------------­ 34 Levo Bridge Coves---------------------------------------------------- 35 Meat Cave 35 Red Cove-----------------------------------------------------------­ 35 Spencer 1s Cave ------------------------------------------------------­ 36 Spencer's Red Cove --------------------------------------------------- 36 Stoirwel I Cave------------------------------------------------------­ 36 Trillium Cove-------------------------------------------------------­ 36 Twi dwe 11 's Cove ------------------------------------------------------ 38 Other coves 38 Lewis County--------------------------------------------------------------­ 38 Lincoln County-----~------------------------------------------------------­ 38 Mason County-------------------------------------------------------------­ 38 Okanogan County----------------------------------------------------------- 38 Al I bright Cove ------------------------------------------------------­ 40 Boy Scout Cave------------------------------------------------------ 43 Mcloughlin Canyon Caves --------------------------------------------- 43 Mount Olive Cove --------------------------------------------------- 43 Riverside Cove------------------------------------------------------­ 43 Other caves--------------------------------------------------------- 44 vii CONTENTS Descriptions of caves-Continued Pacific County 44 Pend Ore i Ile County -------------------------------------------------------­ 44 Crawford Cave------------------------------------------------------­
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