[Texascavers] Important caves to purchase
Here is an opportunity for a caver with real estate knowledge, and some financial resources to make a signficant impact on caving in Texas, or just own some of my favorite caves. There are 2 significant caves for sale at these map coordinates #1 ) 29.849104, -101.554851 #2 ) 29.852752, -101.544781 Also, there is another significant cave nearby for sale at the coordinates below. #3 ) 29.815631, -101.573465 ( Disclaimer on # 3: I am not certain that is the exact spot, as the aerial view, I am looking at is kind of fuzzy ) But within a few hundred feet of that spot. Can you guess the name of these 3 caves ? Cave # 3 is on a 1,551 acre lot is listed on the web for sale for just 1 million. ( $ 650 per acre ) Ref. http://www.landwatch.com/default.aspx?ct=dpid=200432227utm_medium=datafeedutm_source=Gen#.U1YMj5dwQMo.gmail The other parcel with caves # 1 and # 2 is for sale for $ 800 per acre or 13 million. Ref: http://homes.trovit.com/index.php/cod.frame/url.http%253A%252F%252Fwww.landsofamerica.com%252Ftexas%252Fland-for-sale%252F17000-acres-in-Val-Verde-County-Texas%252Fid%252F526502/id_ad.k1W1R1grc1613/what_d.langtry%20cave/type.10/origin.2/section.1/section_type.1/pop.1 Cavers should snatch these 3 caves up if it all possible. David Locklear NSS # 27639 - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] Re: caves to purchase
Jim Kennedy has correctly guessed #1 #2 The names of all 3 caves are all over the web on the real-estate ads for these 2 parcels. It would seem possible just to buy the entrances, then get some kind of easement, especially for #1, which should be a #1 priority for anyone in the U.S. considering a cave purchase, as it is so close to the main road for miles and miles, and super easy for locals to access. David Locklear
texascavers Digest 22 Apr 2014 17:33:16 -0000 Issue 1966
texascavers Digest 22 Apr 2014 17:33:16 - Issue 1966 Topics (messages 23712 through 23716): for a caver in south Dallas 23712 by: David TCMA thanks volunteers 23713 by: Ron Ralph Important caves to purchase 23714 by: David Honey Creek Cave Work Day, Saturday, June 21st 23715 by: ellie watson Re: caves to purchase 23716 by: David Administrivia: To subscribe to the digest, e-mail: texascavers-digest-subscr...@texascavers.com To unsubscribe from the digest, e-mail: texascavers-digest-unsubscr...@texascavers.com To post to the list, e-mail: texascavers@texascavers.com -- ---BeginMessage--- When I was a young kid in 1974, I found a limestone boulder in a creekbed in south Dallas, that had an interesting fossil of a fish in it.The fish was about 2 feet long, and the boulder about 4 feet in diameter, It resembled a barracuda. The coordinates of the boulder are: 32.715929, -96.889127 I haven't seen it in 40 years, and would bet it has been vandalized. It might have been my vivid imagination as a kid, but I have always wanted to return there and look for it. So if you are near there and bored, and looking for something to do, here is your chance. It was next to that creekbed, that I did my first sewerlunking. David Locklear P.S. I was in a truck stop the other day and found some good caving gloves made by Caterpillar.The were $ 10 and fit great on x-large hands. These are the type that are polyester and stretch and have a thick rubber coating on the palm and fingers. http://images.plumbersurplus.com/images/prod/6/Cat-Gloves-CAT017416L-rw-268582-373117.jpg They seemed to be a better quality than the kind you get at Harbor Freight Tools or Northern Tool Company. ---End Message--- ---BeginMessage--- Cavers, I would personally like to thank the 17 volunteers who came out to help clear dead trees and spread mulch at the Texas Cave Management Association’s Ezells Cave Preserve in San Marcos this past Saturday, 19 April 2014. Your five hours of labor made a big difference in combating erosion and in cleaning up the face of our property. Volunteers included Laura Battle, Rob Bisset, Gill Ediger, Andy Grubbs, Liz Herron, Aubri Jenson, Jim Kennedy, Joy Levy, Vivian Loftin, Ryan Monjaras, David Moore, Ron Ralph, John Schneider, Pete Strickland, Matt Turner, Diane Young and Sam Young. We also send a huge thanks to Mike DeBow, our neighbor to the west, who cleaned up our remaining street mess (leaves and wood dust) after we left. We could not have made such progress without all of you. In preparation for installation of a new bat-friendly cave gate, a small crew including Jim Kennedy, Matt Turner, David Moore, and Laura Battle worked on the entrance with mattock, shovel, and jackhammer. Soil and loose rocks were cleared down to bedrock to prepare the new gate footprint, and large, loose boulders were removed from the construction area. They also began removing the existing concrete slab blocking part of the cave entrance. Another major accomplishment was the removal of dead trees at the top of the hill. Jim and Pete worked the chainsaws, while many others dragged the branches and logs to the street where Ediger fed the residue to a wood chipper. A special thanks goes to Terry Raines for the use of his machine. The huge volunteer effort also completed the spreading of two dump truck loads of mulch along the front edge of the property and down the path to the cave, to serve as erosion control. What seemed like several hundred wheelbarrow loads were placed, along with waterbars to slow runoff, all the way to the gate at the cave perimeter fence. Again, thanks to Terry Raines for delivering the mulch. Our hearty thanks go out to Vivian Loftin and Ryan Monjaras for initial work clearing bamboo at the downhill end of the property. The grubbing and hand clearing gave us an idea of how much more work there is to do (lots!). There are many more Ligustrum (privet), Chinese tallow, Chinaberry, and Agave on the lower slopes which remain and must one day be removed. So please stand by for another call for volunteers this fall. The TCMA cannot manage our properties without the on-going assistance of volunteers in preserves. Keeping up our cave resources is an ongoing chore, and one that the TCMA can only applaud as a job well done. We are seeking additional funds for the new bat gate on the cave, in order to restore the impacted cave ecosystem. If you would like to make a donation, please contact the Preserve Manager. Ron Ralph, Manager Ezells Cave Preserve ---End Message--- ---BeginMessage--- Here is an opportunity for a caver with real estate knowledge, and some financial resources to make a signficant impact on caving in Texas, or just own some of my favorite caves. There are 2 significant caves
Re: [Texascavers] No Place On Earth airing
If memory serves me correctly, former Texas caver Phillip Rykwalder (I may have butchered the last name) helped film the show. Suppose to be quite good. Joe I'm gonna go sit by Mixon On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 6:25 PM, caverarch cavera...@aol.com wrote: New York caver and author Chris Nicola reports that 'No Place On Earth', the documentary about the Holocaust era cave survival story featured in my book, the Secret of Priest's Grotto, is currently scheduled to air on the History Channel on Saturday, April 26th. Details can be found at the following site: http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/History-to-Debut-Gripping-Documentary-NO-PLACE-ON-EARTH-426-20140402#.Uz1u8KO3OTk Roger G. Moore
Re: [Texascavers] No Place On Earth airing
The film IS quite good and moving. We highly recommend seeing it, whether you sit next to Mixon or not. It is also available from NetFlix for home viewing DirtDoc
[DFWgrotto] Fwd: [Texascavers] Honey Creek Cave Work Day, Saturday, June 21st
From: ellie watson ellie.tho...@gmail.commailto:ellie.tho...@gmail.com Subject: [Texascavers] Honey Creek Cave Work Day, Saturday, June 21st Date: April 22, 2014 8:44:03 AM CDT To: texascavers@texascavers.commailto:texascavers@texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.commailto:Texascavers@texascavers.com Texas Cavers, Please mark your calendar for a work day at Honey Creek Cave property on Saturday, June 21st. The landowners are very generous to let us cave in their impressive cave and this is a small way for us to give back. We have several projects from cutting fallen trees, taking down a game fence, to painting the front gate. Not all projects will get done in one day but June 21st is a good, steaming time to start. Kurt and I will have some tools but please bring anything you have that could be handy for a surface workday: chain saws, loppers, sanding tools. This will be a full-on work day, those who participate in the work day will have the opportunity cool off with a refreshing trip into the cave. Let me know your schedules for the cave and we can accomodate Friday-Sunday. Please contact me off-list if you plan to come out. Cavingly, Ellie Watson 509-899-0007 UT Southwestern Medical Center The future of medicine, today. ___ DFWgrotto mailing list dfwgro...@dfwgrotto.org http://dfwgrotto.org/mailman/listinfo/dfwgrotto_dfwgrotto.org To unsubscribe: dfwgrotto-requ...@dfwgrotto.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [DFWgrotto] Fwd: [Texascavers] Honey Creek Cave Work Day, Saturday, June 21st
It's gonna be awesome! -Heather On 22 April 2014 10:17, Diana Tomchick diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.eduwrote: *From: *ellie watson ellie.tho...@gmail.com *Subject: **[Texascavers] Honey Creek Cave Work Day, Saturday, June 21st* *Date: *April 22, 2014 8:44:03 AM CDT *To: *texascavers@texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com Texas Cavers, Please mark your calendar for a work day at Honey Creek Cave property on Saturday, June 21st. The landowners are very generous to let us cave in their impressive cave and this is a small way for us to give back. We have several projects from cutting fallen trees, taking down a game fence, to painting the front gate. Not all projects will get done in one day but June 21st is a good, steaming time to start. Kurt and I will have some tools but please bring anything you have that could be handy for a surface workday: chain saws, loppers, sanding tools. This will be a full-on work day, those who participate in the work day will have the opportunity cool off with a refreshing trip into the cave. Let me know your schedules for the cave and we can accomodate Friday-Sunday. Please contact me off-list if you plan to come out. Cavingly, Ellie Watson 509-899-0007 -- UT Southwestern Medical Center The future of medicine, today. ___ DFWgrotto mailing list dfwgro...@dfwgrotto.org http://dfwgrotto.org/mailman/listinfo/dfwgrotto_dfwgrotto.org To unsubscribe: dfwgrotto-requ...@dfwgrotto.org?subject=unsubscribe -- http://tucek.webs.com/ ___ DFWgrotto mailing list dfwgro...@dfwgrotto.org http://dfwgrotto.org/mailman/listinfo/dfwgrotto_dfwgrotto.org To unsubscribe: dfwgrotto-requ...@dfwgrotto.org?subject=unsubscribe
