Wind Cave Room Names - M

Room	Date	Named By	Explanation
M.E. Church	<1892		A room where Rev. Hancher, president of the Black Hills Methodist College, held a song and prayer service. A rock on the east side resembles a pulpit. With the larger groups, early guides would often stop in this room to sing hymns.
M.W.A. Hall	<1898
Magic Hole	03/15/1980	Ken Allgier, John Scheltens, Dave Springhetti, Mike Wiles	The so called "magic hole" which led to the Spaghetti Bowl and eventually the Silent Expressway. This blowing hole was discovered in a dome on the edge of the known cave at that time.
Magical Kingdom, The	05/04/1981	Llyn Peabody, Rich Oilman, Steve Matson, Alex Kazarinof
Main Passage	03/04/1905	O.K. Rounds	Discovered by O.K. Rounds.
Make Out Room	05/03/2005	Jason Walz, Larry Shaffer, Sara Booth	A 25-foot diameter room with a sandy floor that was all scuffed up, causing the surveyors to theorize that someone had rolled around the soft-floored room while "making out".
Mamies Alcove	<1893	Alvin McDonald	Named after Mayme Sprague? (one of the first people to have entered Wind Cave).
Mamies Pool	09/29/1893		Named after Mayme Sprague, one of the first people to have entered Wind Cave.
Mammoth Canyon	08/31/1969	Ken Carpenter, Richard Knox	A high fissure passage.
Mammoth Dome	07/29/1891	Alvin McDonald, A.C. McBride
Mammoth Falls	07/23/1891	Alvin McDonald, Charles Holmes, C.F. McBride
Mammoth Gallery	07/09/1891	Alvin McDonald	An area of wide, high fissure passages where Alvin left a name and date in the corrosion residue.
Mammoths Backbone	10/22/1986	Bob Kobza, Jim Pisarowicz	This large trunk passage has a ridge of smooth redissolved breakdown down its center somewhat like a backbone.
Manganese Stop, The	04/06/2004	Rod Horrocks, Alexis Brooks, Vickie Siegel	The 1/2" manganese deposits in this area were the most significant that Rod had seen in Wind Cave. The "stop" referred to the fact that not only did the passage quickly stop, but it was a great place to stop and see manganese.
Manhole, The	07/12/1977	Bob Galligar, Rod O'Sullivan, Jeri Kizer, Jim Palmer, P. Kittleson	This pit is the main route down to City Sewer, hence the name.
Manure Maze	10/30/2002	Jason Walz, Seth Spoelman, Chris Amidon	Named because the surveyors thought that the tie-in surveys In the area were all a bunch of "crap".
Map Room	05/29/2001	Rod Horrocks, Dave Shurtz, Ryan Shurtz, Jordan Shurtz	The flat chert ceiling in this room is covered by large and outstanding dendrites (4-6 feet in diameter). One of these resembles a line plot of Wind Cave. They decided to name the room the Map Room because of this resemblance and as a play on the "Map Room" from the movie Raiders of the Lost Arc.
Marble Palace	06/22/1891	Alvin McDonald, M.E. Crookam	See Marble Quarry.
Marble Quarry	<06/1891	Alvin McDonald	A large room with lots of rocks and dust that was known as the Workman Hall (A.O.U.W.) (Association of United Workingmen). Now known as the Bachelor Quarters.
Marbled Hall	10/19/2004	Rod Horrocks, Larry Shaffer	An 80-foot long passage with banded red and white walls and ceilings, with the white being gypsum.
Marsland Avenue	<1893	Alvin McDonald
Martels Madhouse	02/02/1980	John Scheltens, Dave Springhetti	Named after Windy City Grotto caver Ron Martel. He was the first to enter the area, which is a confusing maze of interconnecting passages that end in a large room.
Martha Washington Memorial University	<1901
Masonic Temple	11/26/1890	Alvin McDonald, Robert B. Moss	The original name of this room was Sceneries of Wicklow and more recently, shortened to the Temple.
Master Budda	05/13/2000	Hazel Barton, Evan Anderson, Amy Johnson, Jeff Goben	A large sediment cone (buddha) located below a dome.
Master Room	08/01/1971	Chris Hill	A very large room.
Matteson Garde	09/22/2007	Jason Walz, Seth Spoelman, Eric Zimmer	Named after a garden in Matteson Illinois.
Mausoleum	04/27/1893	Alvin McDonald, John Stabler
Max Headroom	04/21/1987	Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz, Darren Ressler	A really tight lead, so tight you cannot get your head into it.
Mayan Mound Room	02/09/1991	Jim Nepstad, Mike Paulick, Bob Kobza, Louise Hose
McBrides Tumble	07/23/1891	Alvin McDonald, Charles Holmes, C.F. McBride	Named after C.F. McBride who took a fall at this location.
McCode Room	10/02/2007	Rod Horrocks, Henry Bruns, Claire Allum	The coded names of Elmer and Alvin McDonald were found in the ceiling of this room (YXJ & ZUQ), along with the signature of J.D. McDonald and George Stalber.
McKinley Memorial Hall	<1901		A high fissure passage lined with boxwork. Originally called Chamber of Bells and then Kimballs Music Hall.
McRoom	03/07/1988	Jim Nepstad, Darren Ressler, Erik Major	A 30-foot wide by 5-foot high room originally discovered by Alvin and Elmer McDonald and C.F. McBride on July 10, 1891. There names were found in the corrosion residue in the ceiling.
Meat Grinder Crawlway	08/1970	John Scheltens	A very low and tight bellycrawl over calcified floors.
Meatus, The	5/12/2001	Evan Anderson, Jim Olsen, Hazel Barton, Suzette Kane	A tight crawl that led to the Circumspect.
Mens Room, The	1978		Surveyed during a N.O.L.S. expedition.
Mercedes Pit	08/03/1999	Rod Horrocks, Graham Hogg, John-Paul Sicotte, Rainer Engler	A 22-foot deep domepit in the Roman Catacombs area with passages going off at the top, middle, and bottom of the pit. The cross section of the pit resembles the Mercedes emblem.
Mermaids Resort	<06/01/1893	Alvin McDonald	A small alcove with ripple marks and tree-like popcorn hanging from the ceiling. Located right after the Standing Rock Chamber on the Candlelight Tour.
Mermaids Rest
Merry-go-Round	07/03/1891	Alvin McDonald, M.E. Crookam, Willie Crookam, George Lee	A fissure passage. This route was used to climb to the Fairgounds before the Marble Quarry (Bachelor Quarters) route was developed. Also known as the Alpine Way or the Crevice.
Merwin Avenue	<1893	Alvin McDonald
Mesopotamia	04/19/1987	Chris Gerow, Pete Smerud	An area where there is lots of evidence of flooding. Named because it is the "flood plains of the birth of new cave".
Metacarpel Room	02/10/2001	Dennis Laird, Bruce Albright, Greg Glazner, Stuart Marlat
Methodist Church	1934		Named for some of the boxwork in this room that is in the shape of a cross. Named in 1934 by members of the CCC. A Bishop Fowler from New York supposedly dedicated this room. Several marriages were reported to have been preformed here. It was thought that a breakdown block in this room resembled a pulpit and a tall dome in the center of the room a steeple. See Bishop Fowlers Loop.
Methuselahs Beard	03/13/2004	Tracy Copp, Larla Whittenburg, Kim McVey	An area off of the Candlelight Tour Route that has gypsum splatters, hair, needles, and cotton.
Mezzanine	1983		Named during a N.O.L.S. expedition.

 

Michaels Memorial Crawl	03/12/2000	Hazel Barton, Ken Neville, Dan Preston
Michaels Misery	08/01/1970	John Scheltens	An incredibly tight, dead-end crawl.
Midway Plaisance	<1901
Mikes Grunt Hole	06/07/1996	Abigail Wines, Mike Bray	A small squeeze at BI26 that Mike couldn't fit through.
Milk Maids Mishap	<1893	Alvin McDonald
Milk Route	02/09/1991	Jim Nepstad, Mike Paulick, Bob Kobza, Louise Hose
Milky Way			Also called Snow Ball Hall because of the abundance of cave popcorn in this passage.
Miller Time	12/14/1991	Stan Allison, Harry Burgess, Doug Kent	The surveyors were having such a good time surveying, they thought it must be "Miller Time", in reference to the Miller Beer commercials.
Millners Avenue	01/12/1891	Alvin McDonald, Elmer McDonald, Melvin Moore	A passage with a variety of colors, like a "milliners show window".
Miltons Jewell Case	<1900		A small alcove on the southern end of the Giants Stone Quarry along the Natural Entrance Tour Route that has "Milton's Jewell Case" written in pencil on the wall in 19th century script.
Miltons Study	<04/1891	Ada Brown	Named by Miss Ada Brown of Hot Springs.
Milwaukee Beer Garden	07/12/1891	Alvin McDonald, A.C. McBride
Mind Boggler	11/27/1999	Rod Horrocks, Marc Ohms, Brad Oen	A 200-foot long walking passage partially floored with calcified mud cracks that was discovered after a 60-foot long bellycrawl. Named after Rod kept saying during its survey, "This is Mind Boggling!" Half of the passage had been scooped by a single person in 1964, either Herb or Jan Conn and the other half was virgin.
Minefield, The	08/07/2007	Chris Amidon, Abby Tobin, Scott Babinowich, Kristen Schulte	This passage was riddled with sharp chert fragments that were hard to avoid on the floor and ceiling.
Mings Merciless Crawl	11/27/1982	Ken Allgier, Dave Springhetti, John Scheltens	A very tight crawlway pushed by Ken Allgier to a dead-end. Named after the villain in the Flash Gordon comic strip.
Mini-Megalith Room	01/?/1992?	Rich Wolfert, Bob Stucklen, Dave Lester, Randy Brown
Minivan Hall
Minehaha Falls			Means "laughing waters" in Dakota? May be named after a waterfall in Minnesota. It is a seasonally, wet, drippy area with some flowstone located near the Mules Ears. There is an upper and lower component.
Mirage of a Cliant Pool	1893	Alvin McDonald
Mirror Fissure	04/09/2005	Rod Horrocks, Sara Booth, Duff McCafferty, Eric Kurth	A fissure that parrallels the Looking Glass Fissure that is a "mirror" of the other.
Miserables, Les	09/28/1991	Jim Nepstad, Mike Wiles, Stan Allison, Paul Burger	An awkward tight constriction.
Misleading Chamber	06/12/1985	Jim Nepstad, Larry Johnson, Jim Pisarowicz, Darren Ressler	A lead going off a previously known area that was so badly depicted on maps that when the survey party started into the passage they did not know which passage they were in.
Misplaced Pit	04/20/1981	Liz Chapman, Cory Crawford, Steve Matson, Kathy Raymond	A 20-foot pit that the explorers seemed to have "misplaced" while mapping in this area.
Mock October Room	02/21/2002	Rod Horrocks, Nick Myers, Belinda Fox	Flagging was found in this room that had "Mock 10/22" written on it. This was apparently from the National Outdoor Leadership School (N.O.L.S.) mock rescue held on 10/22/89 when Rachael Cox was lost.
Mock Rescue Room	05/07/2002	Rod Horrocks, Nick Myers, Belinda Fox, Erik Grundwald	Strips of white and red pokadot flagging was found at each lead out of this room from the October 22, 1989 mock rescue conducted by the National Outdoor Leadership School (N.O.L.S.) where Rachael Cox was lost. This room is located next to the Mock October Room.
Model Room	07/03/1891	Alvin McDonald, Willie Crookam, M.E. Crookam, George Lee	A model of this room was once displayed in the visitors center. This room is also known a Odd Fellows Hall because of the three solution pockets in the ceiling that look like the interlocking rings of the Odd Fellows.
Moist & Crunchy	02/12/2000	Evan Anderson, Stephanie Haderlie, Phil Kriz, Christy Harrison	A series of overlying rift passages on the east edge of Half Mile Hall.
Molehill	09/08/2007	Jason Walz, Seth Spoelman, Chris Amidon	Located next to the Mountain Room, this small room is the opposite of its larger neighbor.
Monolith Hall	1969	Colorado Grotto	Large stone spires in this room give it its name.
Monster Rock	07/01/1972	Don Coons	A very large breakdown block.
Monte Cristos Diamonds	<06/01/1893	Alvin McDonald	A vug of quartz crystals in Monte Cristos Palace.
Monte Cristos Dungeon
Monte Cristos Palace	01/12/1891	Alvin McDonald, Elmer McDonald, Melvin Moore	Named after the classic book, Count of Monte Cristo. Surveyed by John Scheltens and Alvin McLane on 07/29/1973.
Monument Hall	06/05/1884	L.C. Faris, Frank Halden, Charlie Roe	A large fissure passage that is located under and runs parallel to the passage leading to Devils Lookout. This was the furthest extent of exploration in Wind Cave until the arrival of the McDonald family.
Moon River Falls	03/20/1976	Bruce Zerr	An area with a nice display of flowstone, stalactites and stalagmites.
Moondrift Crawl	03/12/2005	Rod Horrocks, Sara Booth, Duff McCafferty, Eric Kurth	A series of low flat crawls with thick deposits of moonmilk covering the floors that looks like drifts.
Moose Head	<1901
Morelands Mole Hole	06/01/2002	Jim Wilson, Howard Bartlett, Ryan Butler, Jason Walz	This body-sized hole, located six feet off of the floor, that was originally found by Tim Moreland on 12/02/02. Jim surveyed it because Tim said, "It went". However, the passage reconnected to the TA survey after 80 feet.
Morgue, The	Spring 1985	Jim Nepstad, Walt Kaminski, Marvin Zaskie	A large room with a rat skeleton at the entrance, located near station UK57.
Mormon Temple	<1893	Alvin McDonald
Mosaic Grotto	<1893	Alvin McDonald
Mosaics	01/08/2000	Evan Anderson, Pat Robertson, Shawn Kramer, Micah Ball	The other sided of the breakdown pile on the south end of Deep Confusion. The walls and ceilings are all paleofill and look like mosaic tiles (dark red clay surrounding white rocks).
Moses Beard			Gypsum hairs growing out of the wall of the cave resemble a beard.
Moss Palace	01/08/1891	A. F. McDonald, Robert B. Moss, Mrs R.B. Moss, Josie Moss, Chas. Ostrum, J.L. Downs, W. S. Bisbee, Isaac J. Williams	Named by Alvin after the Moss on the trip.
Motel 6	06/08/1991	Stan Allison, Paul Burger, Harry Burgess	A side passage off the Silent Expressway that was named to maintain the "highway" theme found in the Silent Expressway, Off Ramp, Pile-up area.
Mother Pucker	10/12/1991	Stan Allison, Paul Burger, Bob Kobza, Jim Nepstad	This dome opens upward and ended after a crazy 140-foot climb by Stan where he nearly killed himself when he used a loop of webbing to swing onto a ledge above a 100-foot pit.
Mound Builders Rest	01/12/1891	Alvin McDonald, Elmer McDonald, Melvin Moore	A wide, low-ceilinged hall with a high fissure down one side. "Mound Builders Rest" was scratched onto a small rock and placed on a ledge along one wall. This area was one of the sites of an early wild caving tour.
Mountain Room	1971?	John Scheltens, Chris ?, Nelson Kuniansky, Mark Stock	A pile of breakdown gives this room its name.
Mouse House, The	05/11/2002	Karla Whittenburg, Christa Schneider, Tracy Copp, Karl Mayne	This survey was in passages averaging 2-feet high and reminded the surveyors of a house for a mouse. One lead looked like the classic cartoon-shaped mouse hole in the floor boards of a home.
MP Room	07/10/1973	Don Coons, Rick Banning
Mrs. Williams Birth Canal	11/21/1985	Jim Pisarowicz, John Gookin, Matt Soete, Geoff Williams	A tight crawl that led into Mrs. Williams Womb.
Mrs. Williams Womb	11/21/1985	Jim Pisarowicz, John Gookin, Matt Soete, Geoff Williams	A tight spot first crawled through by a NOLS student. His last name was Williams.
Mucilage Dome
Mud Crack Flats
Mud Dog Room	04/1979		Named during a N.O.L.S. expedition for a dog sculpted in mud.
Mud Maze, The	10/09/1993	Steve Lester, Evan Anderson, Alex Fong	A muddy area.
Mud Peel Alley	10/31/2006	Rod Horrocks, Seth Spoelman, Erin Niedringhaus, Bjorn Zindler	A narrow muddy passage with 1 1/2" mud deposits on the floors that easily peel up revealing underlying silty sand deposits. There are a lot of charcoal and organics deposited with the mud.
Mud People	10/1983	Keith Gilkey, Eric Schoenke, Janice Daniel, Mike Morrison	Named during a N.O.L.S. expedition.
Mud River	08/25/1990	Garry Petrie, Ted Lappin, Pat Seiser	A slope of dried mud with 12-inch curved cusps.
Mud Tunnel	07/13/1973	Don Coons, Andy Flurkey, Alvin McLane
Mudd Crack Flats	07/09/1973	Rick Banning, Don Coons, Alvin McLane	A low, flat area with dried mud on the floor.
Muddle Room	1963	Dave Schnute, Herb Conn, Jan Conn	This room gets its name from the large number of leads leaving it, confusing the explorers. It was a takeoff on the Model Room.
Mudflats, The	07/31/1985	Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz, Karen Rosga	A lower-level area with low, flat areas of dried mud.
Mule Creek Junction	04/14/2001	Jeff Goben, Carl Bern, Greg Springer	A hall with six passages radiating from it, including one pit and one fissure dome.
Mules Ears	06/15/1972	Nelson Kuniansky, Mark Stock	These flowstone draperies that resemble mule's ears.
Multi-Purpose Room	12/11/1964	Dave Schnute, Herb Conn, Jan Conn	A large room located on the MP ("Multi-Purpose") survey. The surveyors figured the room was good for anything, thus the name.
Munchkins Gendarme Room	12/29/1971	Mike Francik, Carole Loskot, Mark Stock
Musch Room	06/11/1994	Hazel Barton, Bruce Albright, John Ekeberg
Museum, The	03/15/1980	Ken Allgier, John Scheltens, Dave Springhetti, Mike Wiles	Named for the pale white rock "sculptures" which decorate the room.
Mush-Room	08/01/1971	John Scheltens, Bob Cowin	A mushroom-shaped rock is located along the MR ("mush-room") survey.
Mushroom Rock	09/18/1985	Jim Pisarowicz, Tom Farrell	A 3-foot diameter rock that resembles a mushroom.
Music Appreciation Course	04/28/1965	Dave Schnute, Herb Conn, Jan Conn	When tapped, fins in this area emit musical tones. Jan found a G major triad in this area, including the G, B, and D cords. Resurveyed in 1971 by Art Cook, Bob Cowin, Linda Cowin, and Nelson Kuniansky.
Music Hall	<1911		During early turn-of-the-century tours, boxwork tapped with a pen knife in this room would emit musical tones.
Musical Rocks	<1893	Alvin McDonald
Myan Mound Room
Mystery Lake	09/15/1979	John Scheltens, Dave Springhetti, Mike Wiles	A receded lak