| Most of the fifth mile took place in The Labyrinth, a | | | | down stream to the main stream and up to the Water |
| maze of stream passages. Surface water drains in | | | | Fall, where they mapped the Squirrel Room above the |
| from Screech Owl Cave and other holes east of the | | | | water fall. Returning to the junction of the two streams, |
| entrance to Pettyjohn Cave. I have been in Screech | | | | they surveyed down stream to connect to station |
| Owl Cave but not to the end. It is a very small and | | | | P135. Next they started a survey up the small stream |
| tight cave. We have also made attempts to dig out | | | | passage in the direction of Screech Owl Cave. At the |
| other deep holes in the area that possibly also drain | | | | bottom of the 30-foot mud climb down they picked up |
| into Pettyjohn. | | | | station P77 and started mapping the upper-level |
| Most of the Outer Limits are included in this mile. The | | | | stream passage. The survey resulted in 824.96 feet |
| Outer Limits is a fitting name for this far- flung section | | | | T.H.C. Total survey now 23,772.43 feet. |
| of the cave. After about three hours of hard caving, | | | | November 1, 1970 - Richard Schreiber and Allen |
| you reach the really tough stuff. | | | | Padgett resumed the survey in the upper-level stream |
| The Pulverizer Squeeze allows you to climb and | | | | passage and surveyed another 259.85 feet T.H.C. |
| squeeze down into the Sleazy Passage and Tobacco | | | | Total survey now 24,032.28 feet. |
| Road. Just before Tobacco Road you turn north | | | | November 2, 1970 - Richard Schreiber, Allen Padgett, |
| toward the Outer Limits. At The Slit you have the | | | | Don Hunter and Barry Prince resumed the survey in |
| choice of dropping down, if you have a rope, to the | | | | the JVC Room. On a rock in the middle of this room is |
| stream level or stay high for about three hundred feet. | | | | a marker JVC 1964. I presume that is when this room |
| Three passages at the end trend north west to south | | | | was discovered. The lower stream passage (Porpoise |
| east with the longest about 200 feet. | | | | Passage), was surveyed down stream toward the |
| August 22, 1970 - Richard Schreiber, Ted Wilson and | | | | mud climb down. From the JVC mark they went down |
| Steve Wells went out to the end of Tobacco Road | | | | three feet under a ledge to enter The Labyrinth. This is |
| and picked up the survey at station W80A. After | | | | a maze section that is south of and below Screech |
| mapping about a hundred feet they went out to the | | | | Owl Cave. The survey resulted in 872.72 feet T.H.C. |
| Outer Limits and surveyed to the 4 Mile Mark. They | | | | Total survey now 24,905.00 feet. |
| surveyed up the stream almost to the end of the | | | | June 21,1971 - After nine months of no surveying, |
| passage. The survey resulted in 589.87 feet T.H.C. | | | | Richard Schreiber, Rod Price, John Eastburn and David |
| Total survey now 21,450.15 feet. | | | | Teal returned to The Labyrinth for more surveying. |
| September 12, 1970 - Richard Schreiber, John Eastburn | | | | The survey resulted in 675.03 feet T.H.C. Total survey |
| and Allen Padgett made a surface survey from the | | | | now 25,580.03 feet. |
| entrance of Pettyjohn Cave to Screech Owl Cave | | | | December 7, 1973 - Two years later Richard |
| some 325 feet to the east. Screech Owl Cave was | | | | Schreiber and Allen Padgett return again to The |
| probably first found during the spring of 1970, by Ed | | | | Labyrinth and mapped 803.77 feet T.H.C. Total survey |
| Renner of the Florida State Cave Club. On September | | | | now was 26,383.80 feet, only 12.89 feet short of the 5 |
| 16, Screech Owl Cave was dug open and the survey | | | | Mile Mark. |
| begun by Marion O. Smith, Cricket Haygood, Jon | | | | February 22, 1974 - Two months later Richard |
| Resager and Dan Dougherty Jr. | | | | Schreiber and Allen Padgett surveyed again in The |
| September 26, 1970 - Richard Schreiber and John | | | | Labyrinth and on the first survey shot of 32 feet they |
| Eastburn surveyed the north end of the Outer Limits. | | | | surpassed the 5 Mile Mark. However, they were not |
| While Ted Wilson and Bill Steele surveyed The stream | | | | aware of it due to the calculation errors in the survey |
| passage from station W112 of the May 14, 1970 | | | | books. |
| survey. The combined surveys resulted in 1,497.29 feet | | | | Survey trips have really started to slow, with three |
| T.H.C. Total survey now 22,947.47 feet. | | | | more survey trips in 1974 for a total of only four. There |
| October 10, 1970 - George Morris, Allen Padgett, | | | | was one more survey in 1981, then four more in 1983 |
| Marion O. Smith and Doug Strait deepened Screech | | | | and the last recorded survey by Richard Schreiber in |
| Owl Cave by digging and continued the survey. And | | | | 1985. |
| on October 20, 1970, Richard Schreiber, Marion and Jim | | | | After 15 years of caving in Pettyjohn Cave I started |
| Young completed the survey of Screech Owl Cave | | | | re-mapping the parts that we had visited, unaware of |
| at 325.9 feet long and 107.1 feet deep. Chuck Horton | | | | the work done by Schreiber. In 1987 we made our first |
| did the chimney but did not survey because of the lack | | | | survey trip and began to record the previous survey |
| of room! | | | | station marks and would follow these with our own |
| October 20, 1970 - Richard Schreiber and Chuck | | | | survey when possible. |
| Horton first mapped a short passage just above the | | | | The raw survey data for the fifth mile is available in |
| stream level near the Chute or Luge. They then went | | | | PDF format on my caving web site. |