Isolated limestone mesa around 100 feet above Beaver Creek. In this mesa
is a huge open depression or crater about 600 feet across. Of great depth
in which clear fresh water stands at all times about 75 feet above stream.
There is a small opening through wall at one side from which a constant
stream flows into Beaver Creek. Lake always stands at same level. Water
is used to irrigate adjacent fields. In the walls are a number of cliff
dwellings. About 1884 a crazy man took up his abode in these caves. Was
finally captured and placed in an asylum.
Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona
Place Names University of Arizona Press. 1997 p. 286
Hydrogeology and water chemistry of Montezuma Well in Montezuma Castle
National Monument and surrounding area, Arizona / by A.D. Konieczki and
S.A. Leake ; prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service
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