I'll be there! Sounds fun, and I'll mention this at the next DFW grotto meeting to see if someone wants to ride down with me.
Keep me on your list :) Thanks Charles On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:56 AM, J. LaRue Thomas<[email protected]> wrote: > Charles, > You most certainly are welcome to join us! > > Have you been following our progress? Are you familiar with the situation? > > We have excellent landowner relations and we are permitted to camp near the > project. There are a few groups of seemingly tick-free live oaks in which to > camp. We bring our own water so as not to interfere accidentally with the > livestock but there is water by the barn. The cave is about a mile in from > the road. > > A large chunk of the work is above ground, hauling buckets out of the cave > (on a rope, maybe with a winch depending on the condition of the winch), > bucket-lining them over to a bobcat bucket, where the tailings are then > moved to the area designated by the landowner. We are finally tunnelled back > to an area where there is no light and it takes at least 2 people to get the > buckets out to where they can be carried to the haul rope. > > We take great care with the shovels and with the tailings, as the cave > drains many acres and we have found (and carefully documented) some > artifacts that have washed in from the pasture. > > Here's a link to the summary of the dig: > http://www.caver.net/pbss/holenews/pbss5-09.pdf Page 5. > > You can see more pics via the website. Here's how: > > go to http://www.caver.net/jtpics/. The 1st listing is the main directory > and contains Bill Bentley's pics of various things caving and not caving. > Then ".ftpquota" then all my 5 Mouth pics. > > If you still want to join us as I said, you are most welcome! I can send > directions, etc. when we're closer to the dig. > > Jacqui > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Goldsmith" > <[email protected]> > To: "J. LaRue Thomas" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:01 AM > Subject: Re: [NMCAVER] PBSS dig in Sonora > > >> Jacqui, if there is room, I'd love to attend. >> >> Charles >> >> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:17 AM, J. LaRue Thomas<[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> All, >>> As you may (or not) have noticed from the meeting notes, our October dig >>> in >>> Sonora has been changed to the weekend of October10th. As usual, Friday >>> evening through Sunday morning. >>> >>> If I didn't hear from you before when I was calling for comments and/or >>> objections, no whining now. >>> >>> I would sure like to hear from all who plan to attend, though. Jacqui >>> >> > >
