THE DISCOVERY OF THE STAR CAVES, NEVADA

December 26, 2019



Nevada is becoming a bit more karsty and interesting the more I step into its implied desolation. 


Desolation in a lack of water, food, and some survival resources that most find essential to life. 




Of course we all want that but look closer, see how all of these plants and living organisms thrive in such an environment, adaptation to your surroundings and growth created by sturdy roots and challenges other life forms around you might not have endured. 


The essence of the desert is as formidable as it is mystifying with its expanse if range and curiosity. 



Now look a little closer on the marco scale of 1 out of 314 ranges, what do you see?


Exploration is still occuring and exploration is very much so at its forefront within the subterranean world in Nevada. 


My curiosity brought me to a undisclosed range where I was able to locate 5 new caves: Red Star cave which is a 50 ft den like cave, Death Star cave which is basically a room with a couple passages, Hidden star cave which is the main cave, Supa Star cave which is a short air sucking cave that would take a supa star to enter its mystery, and Stink Star cave which is a 60ft cave with a potential lead. 



Hidden Star cave is a interesting cave as it has many passages and takes on a  maze like configuration.  So far the cave is over 700 feet in length! It is a entrance where you make it to a room we call the romper room.  multiple leads and a small formation room exist in the romper room. 



The leads have been pushed and the hope was to connect Death Star cave with Hidden Star cave through Vadors chook hold passage which is a sinuous crawling passage with a lot of fine silt that is easily kicked up. 


Tortoise shells, bones from birds with interesting beaks and other bones remain in this cave. 


Continuing down the main passage, there are 4 to 6 side passage leads that continue onto the left. most have been pushed but there appears to be some leads remaining in the cave especially in "David's Last Push" passage. 


Further down the cave you come to a meandering passage that appears to have very old signs of fluting from water flow which heads down a 40 ft. pit. 


at the bottom of this pit, there is a steep slope that becomes heavily silted with fine dust to where you cant see in front of you.  There appears to be going passage but a substantial dig would have to take place in order to continue down the cave. 



Supa star cave is sucking air into the mountain and we were hoping to identify if the cave connects to hidden star which we found so far to not be true.  More leads need to be pushed in Hidden Star Cave as well as Supa Star, and Death Star Caves.  Red star cave is a low priority but Stink Star cave could have some potential in the back. 

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