When Christian
Iman sold his lands, he reserved the rights to move his "powder
mill" equiment onto the 2+ acre set-aside he left from
a major sale of his properties to Brethren Martin Garber
of Rockingham. Gunpowder production involved linestone deposits
usually taken from caves of the sort on or very close to
Iman's Mill. Access to Elkhorn cave is restricted due to
the nearly extinct large eared bats which call it home. Access
to the large cave involves an extensive and trecherous fall
so that one wonders how often people went down those sink
holes in the old days. The impages on this page are used
with the permission of their contributors to Flickr: Brian
Masney, Todd_Leonhardt, Doug_Bell, Jharman8303, and Fatorgcat
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The Spring Run/ Elkhorn Mountain Cave is considered
a
significant bat cave in West Virginia. In addition
to other
species,
the cave's bat population contains
the endangered
Virginia Big-Eared
Bat. Currently the
cave is closed until more is
known about the
White
Nose Syndrome severely affecting
bat populations. |
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