I am posting this so that I don't step on anybody's turf. I hope to soon post an update about the status of Brehmer Cave.
At the moment, I only know that Melitta Stahl's granddaughter owns the 2 caves. I was told by the former manager of the ranch today ( who I found on Facebook ), that the cave is closed due to all the houses nearby. I think I know which granddaughter inherited the cave, but I sent them both Facebook messages in hopes of a reply. Melitta Stahl passed away in April of 2008, and I think that was mentioned then. But her daughter became the contact person, in the late 80's. ( I haven't found her yet ) For those of you who have not been to these 2 caves. The smaller of the 2, is a crawl in entrance full of harvestman, over lots of debris ( dirt, rocks, sticks, guano, etc. ) Immediately you are in a small room with enough room to take a group photo around some nice formations. Then there is a short crawl to a smaller room that often had ringtail cats. The larger cave has a nice entrance that you can stoop walk through to a good size room with a man-made skylight ( or possibly an enlarged sinkhole entrance ). This was a guano mine, and I was told it had historical importance. The skylight is fenced off and lots of brush going around it. The back of the big room is, or was full of bats. Beyond the big room, is a small passage leading to a small room with some old grafitti. There is a tiny lead in the cave, but you would have to be small and skinny to push it. It is in the entrance going the opposite direction from the rest of the cave. I have never seen a map of Little Brehmer Cave, but the old map of Brehmer Cave looked accurate enough to describe the passage that I went into a few times. I seem to recall an old-timer telling me there was passage that was not on that map. After doing all that and righting the above I found the following link showing a caving trip just 4 years ago. ( I don't remember the cave being that pretty ). http://www.oztotl.com/Pages/2006/Brehmers.html And it is listed as the 124th longest cave. Hopefully, to be continued. David Locklear Ref: http://www.caves.org/section/asha/saltpeter-survey.pdf http://www.utexas.edu/tmm/sponsored_sites/tss/longdeep/tsslongcaves.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
