The only information I can find about Casto Hole is in Civil
War history and a song. As Keith said, Jackson County is not in the
limestone areas of WV. The entire county is not mentioned in Davies'
"Caverns of West Virginia" nor in any of the many WVASS
bulletins. Bulletin 3 is "Index to the Literature Pertaining to West
Virginia Caves and Karst" (1974) and neither the county nor the cave
are mentioned there either. I also suspect that it is not a real
cave. Maybe it was a mine or a rock shelter.
Mark Minton
At 10:25 AM 6/3/2011, Keith Goggin wrote:
I'm sure you've already seen these, but some links are
below. Jackson County, WV has no cave-bearing limestone that I'm
aware of, so it's not likely that it's much more than a sandstone
shelter, although there are a few caves in spalled ridgetop
sandstones that have becove covered between the blocks and form
fairly substantial pseudokarst. I've never been to Jackson County,
though, so I can't confirm that's what's going on there...could be a
river cut as well I guess.
http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=38856
http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1008
http://www.google.com/search?q=Casto+Hole+located+in+Limber+Ridge+at+Statts+Mill+in+Jackson+Co.+WVA&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1
From: Cynthia Lee <[email protected]>
To: Texas Cavers <[email protected]>
Sent: Fri, June 3, 2011 12:15:53 AM
Subject: [Texascavers] casto hole
Have any of you ever heard of a cave called Casto Hole located in
Limber Ridge at Statts Mill in Jackson Co. WVA?
Cindy Lee
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