Luraville Spring Cave System
Hey gang- please dont access the cave from the Telford road- we have good relations with the landowner now (Cathy) and all she asks is that you ask permission, have a modicum of skill and go with someone who has been there if you have not previously. Trespassing to go to the cave is only stupid and irressponsible with that sort of landowner setup. So here is some information you may not know:
Telford and Luraville are the same cave. Due to the much larger surveyed size of Luraville spring, the entire system is called the Luraville Spring Cave System. As of Jun06, there are 29,000 total feet in the cave system. The original Luraville-Telford connection was made in 1989 by Skiles, et al. and was re-confirmed by John Kunkle in 2000. Since then, John has, in what appears to be a solo effort, established a massive mapping project from the Luraville side which has produced a very nice print map of the Luraville side of the system (not currently publicly available, but is displayed at Cathy's. His map goes as far as the Aardvark room, which is also noted on Sheck's old Telford maps. No newer map of Telford has ever been produced, despite several resurvey efforts. The Luraville side of the cave is mostly low and dark, with some short exceptions, and is best dove with sidemount configurations. Entrance into the system can be tricky depending on water levels (I had to crawl with tanks through dry cave to the water) and visibility can be poor in entrance areas.
For access to this dive site, please call: Kathy Lesh at Dive Outpost: 386-776-1449. Please preserve our hard-won landowner relations.
Jason Richards