George Thompson shows a picture of this cave in his book Faded Footprints on pg 50.
The entrance has an arch down the center that makes it look like a pair of owl eyes. The rappel is about 30′ to a sloped landing which then drops another 40′ into a large room with a few small passages. Owl Cave is known to be the second-largest cave in the Soapstone Basin at 283 feet. This is just one of many sinks across the plateau that have no sign of treasure or any mineral deposits at all. My guess is that George included a picture of it in his book to simply provide visual interest and intrigue. I have yet to be able to determine if the Ute’s considered it to be sacred or not.
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