Cyndy,
Here is what John Tudek at WVU sent me. Interesting, my mom grew up on the Tug Fork in West Virginia. There are some large sandstone shelter cave or as John said, it could be a talus or tectonic cave. Geary The Jackson county geology book has this to say about it: "The famous Casto Hole is on this fork (Tug Fork). This hole was located in one of the rugged cliffs along Tug fork and afforded a hidding place for men who concealed themselves whenever a drafting or recruiting officer of the army was in the county during the Civil War of 1861 65 according to statements as given by the residents of the county. Tug fork has several branches flowing both north and south among which are the following Buffalo run Grassy run Straight run Alum Rock run Laurel run Beech run Upper Big run Laurel fork and Grass Lick creek" so it could likely be talus or tectonic. those can go a few hundred feet too :) John Tudek From: Cynthia Lee [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 10:35 AM To: Mark Minton Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Texascavers] casto hole Thanks, everyone. I know about the ballad. I was curious if this was a real cave. cindy On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Mark Minton <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: 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]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: Texas Cavers <[email protected]<mailto:[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 Please reply to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Permanent email address is [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
