It was eight feet wide and twelve feet long.

When they had it all dug out the fellows laid boards over the hole for a roof.
Then they piled dirt back on top of the boards, and on top of the dirt they laid the sods that they first dug up.

At a corner in one end the fellows left a square hole in the roof, to use for an entrance.

For a door they made a square board cover to fit over the entrance hole.

At the upper end of the cave they dug into the dirt wall and made a stove.
They dug another hole down from above to connect with it, and that made a dandy stove and chimney.