Hot Springs Cave

11 Saturday Feb 2017

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Caves, historic, Juab County, NRHP, Pony Express, utah, West Desert

The first human occupation of the Fish Springs Marsh can be traced to the gradual evaporation of Pleistocene Lake Bonneville around 11,000 years ago and the formation of the marsh. Today, the Great Salt Lake and Utah Lake are all that remain of Lake Bonneville. Archaeological and botanical remains from Hot Springs Cave suggest the inhabitants of the cave were hunting and gathering the abundance of wild animals and plants that occur in this marsh environment.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981, Hot Springs Cave is crucial to our understanding of our past. Permits to excavate or remove artifacts on all federally owned sites can be issued only to qualified persons for the purpose of furthering knowledge in the public interest. Preservation of our national heritage is everyone’s responsibility. Enjoy but do not destroy your American Heritage.

Nutty Putty and Blow Hole Hill

13 Thursday Feb 2014

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Caves, utah, utah county

Lots of fun memories of Nutty Putty Cave, it was atop Blow Hole Hill out in one of my favorite areas of Utah, the desert west of Mosida and North of Eureka. The cave is sealed up now but before it was you could go out there any time any day or night and see groups going in to explore.

Some good articles to check out:

http://climb-utah.com/WM/nutty.htm

http://www.nuttyputtycave.com/web_climb_utah.html

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_13879115

Grandpa’s Cave

21 Thursday Nov 2013

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When I moved to Genola back in 2006 I started exploring a little and came across this really cool mine/cave. I learned that it was called “Grandpa’s Cave.” I just love finding stuff like this. It has a hole in the top like a small “skylight” and a huge entrance I could have driven into. One big room and it looked like people enjoyed having campfires in there.

Little Rock Canyon

12 Tuesday Nov 2013

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Caves, Mines, Springville, utah, utah county

I love Little Rock Canyon, it is located at the north end of Springville, Utah. The canyon is covered with slick rockslides and gorgeous cliffs, there are a few caves and mines as well.

One cave, far up on the North side has many names, Springville Cave, Another Springville Cave Link, C Cave, Rock Cave, Gold Bar Cave, and is the place where in the 1980′s two boys found a gold bar.

If you want to hike up the canyon there is a trail that goes up the South side, if you’re looking for the caves/mines go up the bottom of the canyon and towards the North side.

On May 5th, 2013 we hiked up to “Rabbit Ears” to celebrate my birthday, I hadn’t been there in a long time.
Here’s a picture of Brady entering, and another of the “ears.”