Descriptions of Tennessee Caves
By: [by] Larry E. Matthews.
Series: Tennessee. Division of Geology. Bulletin
Publisher: State of Tennessee, Division of Geology
Published: 1971 (Hardback), multiple reprints in paperback.
Place of publication: Nashville, Tennessee
Language: eng
Format: Currently in Paperback
Number of pages: 150
Subjects: Caves -- Tennessee.
First sentence: The purpose of this report was to compile information on all Tennessee caves that have been discovered since 1959, when Dr. Thomas C. Barr ended the field work on his "Caves of Tennessee (Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 64, published in 1961).
Description: This book describes approximately 300 Tennessee caves.  The caves are arranged by county and each description gives the cave's location, geologic horizon, and a brief description of the cave.  Some descriptions are accompanied by photographs or maps.

This book was written as a supplement to the book "Caves of Tennessee" which was published in 1961 and which describes approximately 700 Tennessee caves.  The two (2) books combined describe over 1,000 Tennessee caves.

Many people are surprised to find that although this book was first printed in 1971, it is still in print and available from the Tennessee Division of Geology and other sources.

There are separate sections of Vertebrate Paleontology and Saltpeter Mining.  The saltpeter mining occured primarily during the War of 1812 and the Civil War.  Saltpeter was the main ingredient of gunpowder.  There are photographs of a variety of mining artifacts that still survive in the dry portions of Tennessee caves.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 3.
Part of illustrative matter fold. in pocket.
Table of contents: title: Introduction     1; title: Acknowledgments     1; title: Vertebrate paleontology of Tennessee caves     1; title: Saltpeter mining artifacts in Tennessee caves     3; title: Explanation of cave descriptions     21; title: Descriptions of caves:; title: Anderson County     21; title: Bedford County     24; title: Blount County     25; title: Campbell County     28; title: Cannon County     29; title: Cheatham County     35; title: Claiborne County     35; title: Cocke County     36; title: Coffee County     36; title: Cumberland County     36; title: Davidson County     38; title: DeKalb County     41; title: Dickson County     42; title: Fentress County     42; title: Franklin County     43; title: Giles County     46; title: Greene County     48; title: Grundy County     48; title: Hamilton County     50; title: Hardin County     51; title: Humphreys County     51; title: Jackson County     52; title: Jefferson County     52; title: Johnson County     53; title: Knox County     53; title: Macon County     59; title: Marion County     59; title: Marshall County     71; title: Maury County     71; title: McMinn County     72; title: Montgomery County     72; title: Moore County     72; title: Overton County     74; title: Putnam County     77; title: Roane County     80; title: Rutherford County     80; title: Sequatchie County     82; title: Sevier County     82; title: Smith County     85; title: Sullivan County     91; title: Sumner County     91; title: Union County     94; title: Van Buren County     94; title: Warren County     104; title: White County     108; title: Williamson County     119; title: Wilson County     119; title: Additions     122; title: Corrections     140; title: Alphabetical index of cave names     142; title: Cave index by counties     144; title: Cave index by quadrangle     147