Re the recent discussion of Austin Caverns:
NSS Bulletin 10, The Caves of Texas (1948), has material on Austin
Caverns. NSS members can get a PDF file of that bulletin from the NSS
web site (Member Portal-Member Central (log on with NSS # and ZIP
code)-NSS Bulletin). The scan is low-res
I did not read the details of the last post, but just skimmed it.
I do not recall that the cave that I went to being across the Colorado
river, as the report indicated.
My previous post about the vicinity of the cave seem to be mistaken.
I drove down every street in the neighborhood using
It's okay David, I didn't read your email either...
Bill
On 12/15/2014 1:31 PM, David via Texascavers wrote:
I did not read the details of the last post, but just skimmed it.
I do not recall that the cave that I went to being across the Colorado
river, as the report indicated.
My previous
The NSS is currently reviewing all of its materials for posting on the Karst
Information Portal. NSS materials will be reposted to the Portal as appropriate
as the process progresses.
George
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National Cave
Grotto meeting this week! Peter Strickland will be showing his video from the
2013 International Congress of Speleology in the Czech Republic. It should be
good reminiscing since so many UT grotto members participated!
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Bill's post mentioned something about the cave being in the hills.
My fuzzy recollection of the neighborhood of the cave I was in was in an
area that was flat by Austin standards, whereas across the river as the
report stated is where the hills are.
I only know 2 cavers that know where the storm
The cave mentioned in that 1840 newspaper article in NSS Bulletin 10 is not
Austin Caverns, which is indeed north of the river and near Lake Austin. There
was a mistake made by the author and the 1840 newspaper article is actually
describing Bandit Cave in south Austin.
Jerry Atkinson.
Sent
Regardless of what cave that description fits, you know what's more curious?
I found the Feb. 5 1840 issue of *The Telegraph and Texas Register* and
could not find an article about a cave.
http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth48085/m1/1/
Well, Cancel all of that mystery. It WAS published in that paper:
http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth48085/m1/3/
Justin
On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 10:26 PM, Justin Leigh Shaw jus...@oztotl.net
wrote:
Regardless of what cave that description fits, you know what's more
curious?
I
Anyone wanting to see cave formations that formed in Bandit Cave should
look at the walls of the Juice Land on Barton Springs Rd. Bandit Cave was
Austin's second commercial cave, and this building once served as the
ticket / concession stand. Many of the caves formations were incorperated
into the
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