Cave or Mine Shaft?

[BruteForce]

Found this cave (or mine shaft) today. It's most of the way up a cliff face. Odd place for a mine, but there was enough man-made material near by, that it probably is an old mine.

Hole was far deeper than I dared to explore. Couldn't see all the way to the bottom, even with illumination (had a flash light and glo-sticks).

Anybody have any info. on this?

[B]N 40

[Deathcricket]

no but it looks really really cool. Wish I was closer, I would go check it out for you.

[caverdan]

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[jumar]

I'd love to go check it out with you.

I'll see what info I can dig up

[BruteForce]

Looks like limestone and the entrance looks somewhat natural to me. Did you see any drill or tool marks on the wall? Does it drop into a pit?

I don't recall seeing any tool marks. The only man-made materials seen were an old hand-made wooden ladder and a piece of aluminum (on the ground at the cliff face). Yes, from what I could see, the hole dropped at least 15-20' into a large open space. I couldn't see much more beyond that.

[jumar]

Cool, let's go

[DOSS]

Cool, let's go

Let me know I am up for a little trip :)

[Scott P]

Almost certainly it's a cave. Looks like classic limestone.

Some mines go through limestone to get to intrusive bodies, but most likely this is a cave. It's in the perfect kind of rock that forms the vast majority of soultion caves and there are several known caves in that same general area.

[jumar]

Anyone checked this out yet? I'm still trying to free some time to run out there.