Jewel Cave is now over 175 miles long and still going, amazing!
http://cavingnews.com/20150221-jewel-cave-surpasses-175-miles-in-length
Seen on http://www.reddit.com/r/caving/
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Thanks, Dwight, and especially Lee for the tiny URL that actually works.
But I wouldn't call it a nice article on Jewel Cave. Any article that
quotes Mike Wiles about geology pretty much automatically isn't. --
Mixon
Work is the curse of the drinking
More of Jewel Cave is mapped
May 1 2009 5:15AM
Associated Press
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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) Explorers have mapped out another 700 feet of
Jewel Cave in the Black Hills to maintain its rank as the world's second
longest cave.
Jewel Cave now has just over 145 miles of explored and mapped
From an archaeology mail list:
Jewel Cave NM Celebrates Centennial
On February 7, 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt signed a proclamation
that established Jewel Cave NM under the authority of the 1906
Antiquities Act. The monument was established to protect the small, but
next time we are in South Dakota, need to check this out :)
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From: Mike Flannigan mikef...@earthlink.net
List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com
Date: Feb 13, 2008 6:38 AM
Subject: [Texascavers] Jewel Cave NM Celebrates Centennial
To: MOCAVES moca
