Oregon High Desert Grotto

The Horse Lava Tube System book project is for the most part an effort entirely by myself. That said, I've had help from fellow cavers to help survey some of the caves in the past. Special thanks to all those involved.

Horse Lava Tube System book

The Horse Lava Tube System book has become a two book series. The first book will be a bibliography. I'm trying to make it as comprehensive as possible. That means even minor mentions of the Horse system found in publications will be included in my bibliography. The current draft has over 80 pages. It will be directly published in pdf format, with a small order of paper prints.

The second book will be a more detailed look at the system and each cave. The emphasis will be on the history of the system and will include maps and a small collection of photos. This book will be made into a hard copy. Right now the draft of the main book stands at about 55 pages. When everything is said and done, I hope to reach about 100 pages.

I have seven caves left to survey. Here's they are in order of importance:

Update: 2-15-2012

  1. Johnson Farm Cave No. 1 (lengthy survey)
  2. Dos Liebres Cave (72% completed, approx. 200 feet left to survey)
  3. Barking Dog Cave (somewhat easy)
  4. Pop & Son Cave (medium)
  5. Tin Can Cave (somewhat easy, but entrance is now buried with rock)
  6. Tower Cave (easy; vertical)
  7. Celtic Cave (with Silent Night Cave and 5 small rootless vent caves, easy)

Here are some caves that have been surveyed in the past few years:

As always, I'm eager to learn about possible leads for the Horse Lava Tube System, if you have info on new caves, or some history on existing caves, send me an email at: horselavatubesystem.@.gmail.com (remove the periods surrounding the @ symbol)