- Collection:
- Marion O. Smith Papers
- Title:
- Broken Rib Cave: A second accidental discovery
- Creator:
- Smith, Marion O., 1942-
- Date of Original:
- 1996
- Subject:
- Explosives--Additives
Saltpeter
Discovery and exploration
Soldiers
Names
Vandalism
Independent scholars
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Graffiti
Caving
Signatures (Writing)|Tourism--Moral and ethical aspects
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
Saltpeter industry--History
Gunpowder industry
Guano industry
Nitrates
Caves
Speleology
Journal of Spelean History
Speleologists
Geology, Economic
Graffiti
Geotourism
Sustainable tourism
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America. Nitre and Mining Bureau
Manufacturing industries--United States--History--19th century
Manufacturing industries--Confederate States of America--History--19th century
Mineral industries--United States--History--19th century
Mineral industries--Confederate States of America--History--19th century
Saltpeter industry--United States
Gunpowder--United States
Nitrogen industries--United States
Saltpeter industry--Confederate States of America
Gunpowder--Confederate States of America
Nitrogen industries--Confederate States of America
Bats--Manure
Guano
Local history - People:
- Smith, Marion O., 1942-
- Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Warren County, 35.67868, -85.7785
- Medium:
- field notes
photocopies
facsimiles (reproductions)
notes (documents)
research notes
graffiti (casual notations)
cave paintings
rock engravings
drawings (visual works)
rock paintings
rock drawings - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Photocopy of typewritten report that recounts a cave exploration on July 6, 1996, involving Gerald Moni, Alan Cressler, Andy Porter, Lin Guy, and the author. The group investigated new vertical cave discoveries near Road House Cave, southwest of a mountainside. The narrative details their findings and experiences during the expedition, contributing to the documentation of cave features in the Spencer Mountain Grotto area. Sites mentioned: Broken Rib Cave (Tenn.)
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dade-ga-hs_msp_d151
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dade-ga-hs_msp_d151#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dade-ga-hs_msp_d151/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Dade County Ga. Historical Society
- Rights:
-
BROKEN RIB CAVE: A SECOND ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERY
Marion O. Smith
On July 6, 1996, Gerald Moni, Alan Cressler, Andy Porter, Lin Guy, and I went
to the mountainside % mile southwest from Road Noise Cave. The objective was to
"Straighten out". for the Tennessee Cave Survey all the recent vertical discoveries
by Spencer Mountain Grotto and myself. Jerell Killian (Cookevilie, TJ), Rufus and
Lisa Mulinix (Rock Springs, Ga), Steve and Rosemary MacDonell, and Mark Moore (all
Spencer, TN) were briefly present to show us the entrances of Resurrection, Cruxi-
fixion, and Red Expo caves, with onais internal pits of 91, SO, and 101 feet.
Resurrection and Cruxifixion were first located by Spencer Mountain Grotto members
during April and May, 1996, and during the same period they plus Jerell Killian also
rediscovered Red Expo Cave, originally reported to the TCS by Hal Love, and after a
tricky traverse found the virgin 101 foot wat. “Wonder Crack.” L, of course, pac
found Road Noise Cave, with ite 25 and 116 fect. pits, on May 19, 1996,
Anyway, today, some twenty-five feet northeast of the Spencer Mountain Grotto
trail down the face of the Haweeen ie contact on the way to Red Expo Cave, Moni,
Cressler, Porter, Guy, and I came upon a tight crawl entrance. I felt cool air and
had the most enthusiasm of the group in “pushing" it, and after a couple tries,
managed to back through double squeezes to a twenty foot deep chimney. After fumbling
around in breakdown a while Cressler joined me and we found a walking passage to
what turned out to be a 94 foot pit. Soon, Porter joined us and gear was shoved
through the entrance. Alan set a bolt and we took turns (me, Alan, and Andy, in
that order) yoyoing the pit. This little discovery is about 200 feet long and 120
feet deep, and named in honor of my fall in another cave the day before.