In that vein, is anyone familiar with this property that was visited in the past and willing to do some ridgewalking this fall on some, potentially, virgin property?
Please contact me offline, if you know of this property and/or are interested. Thanks, Mark I am a landowner in Real County and I got these two e-mail addresses from the internet. One should be the chairman of the Texas Speleological Ass. and the other the chairman of the Bexar Co. cavers. I was hoping you or someone you could pass this on to could steer me in the right direction. Seven or eight years ago, our ranchhand showed us a sinkhole and cave on our family property between Leakey and Campwood. A caver(don't remember his name) from the San Antonio area came and looked at it, crawled down into it, found a small room and hit a dead end fairly quickly. I've been down there myself and think it was a dead end. Later, while driving, he saw grass in a dry streambed which indicated to him water was not flowing there. Sure enough, there was a cave where water flowed into from the creek bed following a rain. There was a tunnel off a small room which showed promise and he was very excited about it because water was going somewhere. Water had washed some dirt into the tunnel so some excavation will be needed. And I've since noticed water flowing another direction as well from the same small underground room. He never returned. Just recently, I have personally purchased 173 acres between Leakey and Campwood. I have not fully explored the property but in one hike I found two sinkholes. There is no opening, just large depressions. So both of these areas need some exploration. But I am aware that manual labor from a contractor or a backhoe operator or some other method is needed to do some manual work. I realize cavers want to explore caves and or not manual laborers, so that is why I am asking about contractors or methods to explore these situations. Perhaps a caver could come give a recommendation on how to proceed and who could be contacted to do some excavation work so it could be done properly. Any major work project I would want to do after deer season as there are hunters on the properties. ________________________________ From: Ron Ralph <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2009 9:46:31 PM Subject: [Texascavers] Edwards survey Cavers, A year and a half ago someone explored and surveyed a cave on Brian Freeman’s property in Edwards County. Now Brian calls and wants to know the results. If you or someone you know participated please let me know off line. And if help is needed with the map, let me know that and I will find drafting support. Ron Ralph Texas Speleological Survey
