I have been all over King mountain and any other hill all the way to
Indian mesa around Crane Texas, I did not even know there was a cave
there, more or less with bats, I must have missed that one, but I do
tend to forget things these days.
Bill
On 3/15/2021 8:09 PM, Geary Schindel wrote:
Folks,
The San Antonio Kickoff for the International Year of Caves and Karst
was last Sunday, March 14, 2021.
I want to thank everyone that came out to the Crane Bat Cave property
cleanup. The weather was cool and overcast and we were able to fill
two twenty-yard roll offs with ranch waste. We also created some piles
of trash we had drug out of the weeds which will make cleaning up the
property easier in the future. Materials ranged from shingles, sheet
metal, an old chicken coop, boards, old swing set, wire, fencing, more
wire, glass, and more sheet metal. There was also a large metallic
disc that was too large to pick up and was hot to the touch. We tried
to break it up with a sledgehammer, axe, grinder, reciprocating saw,
cutting torch, and couldn’t dent or even scratch it (You know if Paul
and Stephen Bryant can’t tear it up, it has got to be tough). We
figured we could get some worth decent beer money with it at the scrap
yard. We could hear something moving around inside but couldn’t see in
the windows. I slapped a yellow bat sticker on the thing and left it
for the next cleanup.
We had about 28 people attend the event. I think the Aggies drove the
furthest to get there and always put in a great effort. Others came
from Austin and the rest from the San Antonio area. Here is a list of
people that attended. (I’m sure I’ll get some of the names wrong but
folks need to learn how to write their names so an old man can read
them.)
Mike Yang (Austin), Alan Montemayor (aka Curly Merkin), Nat Clark,
Kori Dunaway, Richard Silver, Adam Dow, Mauri Attil, Marco Ramos,
Srirm Madabushi, Tom Florer, Mark Dobson, Mark Walker, Sara Ranzau,
Liz Brearley, Catherine Daas, Dilan Klessel, Alyson Lipsett, Garry
White, Bobby Randolph, Isabell Petersen, Chelsea Parada, Paul Bryant,
Rebecca Bryant, Liam Bryant, Stephen Bryant, Marrin Atzil, Leia Hill,
Geary Schindel, and Engledink Humperbert (British singer that provided
entertainment.)
The Crane Bat Cave property was acquired to protect the contributing
zone of the Edwards Aquifer and will be used as a nature preserve. We
contributed about four hours labor each with 28 people for a total of
112 person hours of work. At $15 per hour, our efforts were valued at
$1,680. I used the $15 amount since we’re dealing with skilled caver
labor and many have prior experience picking up trash along the
highway (the orange jumpsuit crowd). I would have valued the work even
higher, but we couldn’t get the metal disc cut into smaller pieces.
Maybe Galen will come down next time and do a little micro-shaving
with some diamond bits.
Jim Bowie’s buried silver was not found under the trash piles but I’m
sure it’s there. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
Thanks to everyone that helped. It was nice to get folks together, do
a little socializing (at a distance) and I It has earned us a lot of
good will with the city.
Geary Schindel
*Geary M. Schindel, P.G.***
Senior Hydrogeologist
www.edwardsaquifer.org <http://www.edwardsaquifer.org/>
210.222.2204 ext 346Mobile: 210.326.1576
900 E Quincy
San Antonio, TX 78215
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