All:
Let's go for it. Nobody goes to the trouble to dig and shore up a tunnel for no
reason. Might lead to something.
Lori
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From: Bill Bentley <[email protected]>
To: Kerry Lowery <[email protected]>; Jacqueline Thomas
<[email protected]>; [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, September 7, 2013 7:47 AM
Subject: Re: [PBSS] Possible sinkhole / tunnel
I'm out!
----- Original Message -----
>From: Kerry Lowery
>To: Jacqueline Thomas ; [email protected]
>Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 6:57 AM
>Subject: Re: [PBSS] Possible sinkhole / tunnel
>
>
>I think a group of west texas cavers should volunteer to check this out.
>
>From: Jacqueline Thomas
>Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 8:48 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [PBSS] Possible sinkhole / tunnel
> Lubbock.
>
>LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) -
>KCBD 11 in Lubbock
>
>A mystery tunnel is creating quite a buzz in a north Lubbock neighborhood.
>Lee Smithwick discovered it on his property this week, when part of his yard
>collapsed.
>"We were watering the yard and we came out and the whole sprinkler system and
> everything sank," Smithwick said.
>Smithwick says he thought it was a sinkhole, but then he saw railroad ties.
>He alerted fire and police departments and upon further examination, they
>discovered it was a hidden tunnel, braced with railroad ties.
>Apparently one broke, causing the collapse.
>Now the question is, who built it?
>Smithwick says local historians have come out to see the tunnel for
>themselves.
>"First they thought it might be a bunker, but it's definitely a tunnel.
>Nobody knows who built it or why they would build it. They're thinking maybe
>it's associated with the railroad back in 1909, but you're looking at an
>underground tunnel for 100 years."
>Smithwick says they've drilled a few holes in the ground, and it appears the
>tunnel runs underneath the road in front of his house.
>He says city inspectors have also come out, and they're meeting Thursday to
>figure out if they need take action.
>The area has been marked off with caution tape.
>We'll continue to follow this story online and on the air at KCBD NewsChannel
11.
>
>
>
>Lubbock man discovers mystery tunnel under his house - KCBD NewsChannel 11
>Lubbock
>
>Jacqui
>
>
>On Sep 6, 2013, at 7:38 PM, Charles Goldsmith wrote:
>
>Probably Bill's private cave.
>>
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>>On Sep 6, 2013, at 7:28 PM, "Kerry Lowery" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>A fella at work was telling me, he heard on the news, of a house in Midland
>>where a sinkhole formed in the back yard. Upon inspection they found a
>>tunnel and were able to follow it about 1/8 of a mile. I see no report of
>>this on the local stations web sites. Curious if anyone else had heard
>>this?
>>>
>>>Kerry
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