Mammoth Onyx Cave - Relating to (SC 3504)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

2-5-2020

Comments

This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3504. Letter, 15 August 1922, of Charles A. Richardson, Assistant Geologist, Kentucky Geological Survey, to Dr. Harry B. Thomas, Horse Cave, Kentucky, regarding his recent study of the formations in Mammoth Onyx Cave, then owned by Thomas. He remarks on the “abundance of Mexican Onyx, or Onyx Marble” and the beauty of the stalactites and stalagmites. Includes a pamphlet by Leon Foster with his impressions of the cave, which was opened to the public in 1922.

Disciplines

Geology | Speleology | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Mammoth Onyx Cave - Relating to (SC 3504)" (2020). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 4790.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4790