Carl, thanks for the correction. I had always assumed it was named
Adam's Cave because the cave had formed approx. 4,004 years B.C.,
and the pictograph inside the entrance was painted by one of the
first humans, who lived in the entrance shelter. In fact (or not)
the human bones found in the Sirion River may be his--the deepest
human bones recovered in North America (170 m below surface).
Although your explanation of the name's origin is no doubt correct,
the simple placement of an apostrophe can have serious ramifications
in the interpretation of a cave, especially this one.
LowGun
See also:
Steele, D. Gentry, K. B. Byrd, L McNatt, and G. Veni 1984
Human and Non-Human Skeletal Remains Recovered from Sorcerer's Cave,
Terrell County, Texas. Texas Journal of Science, 36:169-184.
On 5/28/2018 1:37 PM, Carl Kunath
wrote:
Adams’ Cave:
Logan, it was NEVER properly called Adam’s Cave. The
cave was first explored in 1962 when it was named Adams’
Cave because Leo Adams was in control of the property at
that time. It was reported to the NSS as Adams’ Cave. It
went into the TSS archives as Adams’ Cave. The San Antonio
cavers likely learned of its existence because they read
about Adams’ Cave in The Caves of the Stockton Plateau,
a 1968 Texas Speleological Survey publication. It was
discussed for the next 15+ years as Adams’ Cave.
Maybe we should rename Powell’s Cave as Treasure Cave, or
something thought more “catchy” than the name of the owner.
After a lapse of a few more years, if a surveying program is
initiated, a new name could be chosen.
===Carl Kunath
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2018 12:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Appropriate cave
place names
In the
stream passage at the bottom of Sorcerer's Cave (originally
called Adam's Cave) in Terrell County, TX, there is a 1.5 m
waterfall into a plunge pool. During a 1978/79 survey by the
San Antonio Grotto (SAG), a caver took an unplanned dip into
the pool. The place was christened Poole Plunge in honor of
the caver--Gary Poole. George Veni can provide more details
if requested.
Logan McNatt
lmcn...@austin.rr.com
On 5/28/2018 9:25 AM, Mark
Minton wrote:
Bill
Steele's mention of Kerr Plunk reminded me of another
similarly appropriate place name in a cave. Actually, it
was in the Buenavista Mine at Minas Viejas. Brian Burton
(RIP) had his dog along on one trip into the mine. The
dog suddenly raced ahead and jumped to its death down a
100-foot shaft. We have no idea why the dog did that;
best guess is that it thought it was a pool of water. We
named the shaft Dog Gone Pit.
Mark Minton
mmin...@caver.net
--------------------------------
On Fri, May
25, 2018 at 5:10 PM, Bill Steele <cwilliamste...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Tennessee
caver Chris Kerr fell in Sistema Purificacion in 1978
and fractured his femur. Cavers from Austin drove Terry
Sayther’s caving truck up into a military C130 cargo
plane and were flown to Victoria, Tamps., Mexico to
rescue him. The spot where he fell is named Kerr Plunk.
Bill Steele
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