CAVES OF THE RUBY RANGE, NEVADA
December 11, 2019
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| looking down into ruby valley |
Around a half day of driving packed into the night just so we can utilize an extra day of exploration makes the world of difference so we can maximize the amount time we have on the range researching for caves.
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| Angel Pit |
We get an early start and visit a pit on one of the side hills. I am leaving the name out of the pit and location but it is around 120 feet down into a room.
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| Angel Pit |
We left the region and had a team check out the access to Lucky Nugget Pit. Lucky Nugget is on private property and access is closed to this pit.
Lucky Nugget does have some history behind it as it was initially visited over 50 years ago where explorers found sheep bones inside of the cave.
This cave became a bit of a sensation with locals and a local news channel.
They lowered a team of explorers into the cave and they found that the cave continued to go deeper past the bones to an access of 230 feet below the surface. This cave also passes by some interesting layers as well as making this pit one of the deepest in Nevada.
The Southern Nevada Grotto is working on obtaining access to the cave so do not destroy our progress in potentially developing a management plan for cavers to access this cave.
The cave is also on private property and will be considered trespassing. We hope to reach an agreement soon to allow authorized access. I recently found out that research was being conducted on access to this cave and the landowner went to do research. The landowner came up on this post and told the group NO! hahah. I found that quite ironic as that this is a means to document and allow a population to know that the cave is closed. I also found it Ironic that this group didnt invite me to participate in the visit. hahahah... cheers and your welcome!
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| Cirque Cave |
Lucky Nugget does have some history behind it as it was initially visited over 50 years ago where explorers found sheep bones inside of the cave.
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| Cirque Cave |
This cave became a bit of a sensation with locals and a local news channel.
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| Twin Pits |
They lowered a team of explorers into the cave and they found that the cave continued to go deeper past the bones to an access of 230 feet below the surface. This cave also passes by some interesting layers as well as making this pit one of the deepest in Nevada.
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| Angel Pit |
The Southern Nevada Grotto is working on obtaining access to the cave so do not destroy our progress in potentially developing a management plan for cavers to access this cave.
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| Sliver Pit |
The cave is also on private property and will be considered trespassing. We hope to reach an agreement soon to allow authorized access. I recently found out that research was being conducted on access to this cave and the landowner went to do research. The landowner came up on this post and told the group NO! hahah. I found that quite ironic as that this is a means to document and allow a population to know that the cave is closed. I also found it Ironic that this group didnt invite me to participate in the visit. hahahah... cheers and your welcome!
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| Twin Pits |
We continued to drive to a ridge and checked leads on the hilly ridge face. We were able to find some sinkholes that did not go further into cave passage but they are indeed taking in water.
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| Twin Pits |
The following day we headed over to locate twin pits cave. This feature is two pits 40 to 50 ft deep with snow at the bottom of them. At the bottom of each pit is a small passage connecting both pits to one another.
We will be having a follow up trip that will continue to explore the snow to see where the water might be going in hopes to find continuing and going passage.
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| Twin Pits |
We will be having a follow up trip that will continue to explore the snow to see where the water might be going in hopes to find continuing and going passage.
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| Twin Pits |
We were also successfully able
Yo located cirque cave and discovered a new short pit called Sliver pit.
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| Twin Pits |
On a follow up trip we were able to locate lost hope cave which is the biggest cave in the region so far.
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| Blind Sinkhole |
We will continue to explore the ruby range in 2020 and we are looking forward to discovering more caves along the region.
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| Blind Sinkhole |
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