Whiskey Cave

General description

ozark_enjoyer - 18/01/2026

Missouri speleology volume 1 number 1 : The entrance is a fenced-off sinkhole about 10’ in diameter. One can scramble down 10’ to a steep clay slope, but a rope attached to a tree at the entrance makes descent easier. About halfway down the descent, after squeezing through a tight spot one then emerges into the main room of the cave. This is a roughly oval room with a domed ceiling. As one enters, there is a talus slope leading down to a stream on the right; a smaller and lower room direclty in front; and on the left is a ledge connecting with this lower room. The stream was dry on December 14, 1958, but had been running in early spring when visited by Jack Reynolds. The stream was of a typical vadose type - winding with very sharp edges on the stream-cut rock. Most of the channel was too small to be explored. The stream must have been handy when the cave was used as a whiskey still, because used mash could be poured into it to be disposed of, thus attracting no attention outside. The ceiling of the main room has an obvious joint running its length (at right angles from the entrance slope) and appears to be under the small surface sink above the entrance.”