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Dark Hollow Cave

Dark Hollow Cave is located on private property and is not open to the public. The owner allowed us to enter his cave to take him with us and to photograph it. We were to see if the cave went anywhere or did anything significant. The cave is located at the top of a hill, in a small sink, with a small horizontal entrance that soon becomes vertical for the first drop of about 18 feet or so. We rigged a rope and checked out this small, vertical cave. It had a total elevation of about 45 feet in two different domes. Most of the formations are dried and old and seem to be in Monteagle limestone. There were crickets and a salamandar present. These are the only known photos of this cave that appeared to be virgin.

All photos taken with a Kodak DC-210 1.2 megapixel digital camera. The resolution has been greatly reduced to increase load time of photos.

Greg King rigs the rope for the descent.

The owner of the cave awaits his turn to go into the cave.

Jackie King on rope and descending...

A drapery that is still active.

A very alive soda straw.

Some active drip formations on the ceiling of Dark Hollow Cave.

This passage is totally virgin. The column is interesting. It is faulted and it may show different levels of standing water from the past. The cave is a long way from standing water in these times.

A nice flowstone. Again, totally virgin.

A tiny salamander on mud that has never been touched by humans. See how smooth.

Greg peers up past a large, dry flowstone in the lower portions of the cave.

A multi-colored fowstone that is mostly inactive except for some soda straws on the edges. The white portions glisten with crystalline calcite.

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