D.O. Strange 1976 16. 17 Aug (Cool) be one of the few areas of the South without extensive pine plantations. The terrain is hilly unlike much of the rest of Mississippi. The mine is abandoned and, behind an entrance ~ 4' in diameter, turns into a series of galleries that follow a large chalk vein in the hills. We searched the entire mine and found only 1 bat a Pipistrellus (!) on the ceiling. The cave was very cool but not damp (no water) and the pipistrello was in torpor. In one gallery, I caught some orange eye-shine and, upon investigating, found a ? Peromyscus gossypinus (pregnant) in a nest in a hollow in the wall at chest level. Several other nests were seen in the cave system, but no other mice. Placed one net over the entrance and 2 others at the head of the cave: Nets Tenn. To Eastbay River Miss. cave <-- to mine