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Modesto G6mez Saldivar, 1898-1966Modesto G6mez Saldivar was born on November4, 1898, in the small town of A1aquines, San LuisPotosi. From here he later moved to the Xi1itla,S.L.P. area where he became the owner of El Ranchode Huitzmo10tit1a o Sr. G6mez lived on the ranchfor many years where he raised coffee and oranges oThen, on January 7, 1966 he was killed in an automobileaccident while returning from Ciudad Valles.The unfortunate accident occured at Kilometer Post440 and afterwards he was taken to Tu1tepec, Mexicowhere he was buried by re1atives o Since then theranch has been sold to lngo Rafael Gonzalez Cisneroswho lives in Mexico CitYo He has hired Sro lsmae1Larios to operate the ranchoWhile living at his ranch near the smallvillage of T1amaya, Sr. G6mez became very wellknown and liked throughout the entire Xilitlaregion. Ever since the first expedition wentinto the area ten years ago (Bob Mitchell of theUniversity of Texas Biology Department visited theranch in 1956), Sr. G6mez has extended his completehospitality to all cavers. He even went so far asto say, 11M! casa es su casa n • Without the ranchas a base of operations, the great p'rogress in e~ploration and mapping of the many sotanos in thearea could not have been accomplished. Includedamong the caves which Sr. G6mez's generosity madethe exploration of possible, is S6tano de T1amaya,the deepest surveyed cave in North America. Allspelunkers who were fortunate enough to have hadthe honor of meeting Sr. Modesto G6mez, will longremember him for his unending kindness and goodwillto all.Terry Raines
John William Francis Harrison, 1901-1966Frank Harrison was born in Baysville, Ontario, Canada onJune 21, 1901; on January 29, 1966 he was murdered at his home atRancho del Cielo, northwest of Gomez Farias, Tamaulipas, Mexico.He had lived at Rancho del Cielo for more than twenty years andmade it a center for biological research in the northern part ofthe Sierra Madre Oriental. The area is the last section of CloudForest in Mexico and until recently it was virgin forest. Assuch, it is a unique area and has been the subject of intensiveresearch by biologists and naturalists for many years o Thisresearch has been largely the result of Frank Harrison's unceasinginterest in helping promote the area and in encouraging biologiststo visit the area. His hospitality was famous throughoutthe area and among naturalists who worked in the area.Rancho del Cielo is located about eight miles to the northwestof Gomez Farias and is accessible only by foot or by fourwheeldrive vehicleso Until two years ago it was quite isolated.At that time a group of Agrarians began to move into the forestarea around the small plot of Rancho del Cieloo Frank Harrisonwas opposed to this because the land could not be properly farmedand the invasions served only to kill off the animal life andgenerally disturb the area. He protested to the Mexican governmentand as a result considerable friction had developed betweenhim and the Agrarians o Finally they moved into a small clearedarea about a half mile from his house, known as Paul's PlaceoFurther friction developed after his cows broke into their poorlyfenced fields and even a generous settlement did not remove hardfeelings. On the morning of January 29th two of the Agrarians'group way-laid him in the area between his house and the calflotclose to the house. He was hit on the side of the head witha club and stabbed three times with a knife. On the morning ofthe 30th two friends from a nearby lumber camp found his bodyand reported the murder to the police in Gomez Farias o The househad been ransacked and many guns and other articles stolen. MroJohn Hunter and other friends from Southmost College at BrownsVille, Texas, helped to straighten up his affairs and buried himat Rancho del Cielo. Although his long-time associate and worker,Lucas Ramiero, was arrested by the police he was later released.The two men who killed him were apprehended and identified asFederico Lopez and Simon Leal, both members of an extreme leftistgroup in the Agrarian movement. Before his death Frank had madeSouthrnost College a gift of his property and it is now beingdeveloped into a biological research station.Until June 1964 no cavers had visited the ranch, but at thattime David McKenzie, Larry Manire, and I spent about a week there.Although he had no notice of our trip he took us in, fed us, gaveus a place to stay, and spent many hours guiding us to remoteparts of the forest where we found obscure cave entrances thathe had not seen for many years. He talked with enthusiasm andinterest of our biological work and of our cave explorations andwas eager to have us return for a longer stayo His enthusiasmand instant offer of friendship to complete strangers left a lastingimpression on all of us, as it doubtless has on hundreds ofstudents and biologists before uSo His death, especially undersuch tragic circumstances, is a great shock and will be regrettedby all of his many friends and by the many acquaintances such asus who knew him only in passing.James Reddell10
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After a perusal of our topo maps th
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HUAUTLA DE JIMENEZ, OAXACAAREA SKET
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11. Pit just down hill from pit 10.
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21. SOTANO DE SAN AGUSTIN - This s6
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LOWERENTRANC.EPROI="ILEuppeR£NTRAN
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RECENT PAPERS ON MEXICAN CAVE BIOLO
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here from Gruta del Palmito, Nuevo
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View north along valley of the Inte
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Typical fissure passages in S6tano
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valley below the resurgences were d
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point on, green mosses cover the wa
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Persons: John Fish, David McKenzie,
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Buena la dozen eager guides led us
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los Riscos (see sketch map on page
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Persons: Jim and Barbara Hershberge
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Editor's Note: The following propos
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permanent river in the area is the
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OF THEPROPOSEDPARQUE NACIONAL DE LA
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100area, was rather surprising, sin
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1.2.3.4.5.6.MEXICAN CAVE BIOLOGY:AN
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107NEWSNOTESTABLE OF CONTENTSTRIP R
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109CAVEMAPSDuring the past six year
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111CAVES OF GUERRERO AND MORELOSJOH
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113in the volcanic detrital deposit
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115CAVE DESCRIPTIONSGRUTA DE ACUITL
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117CUEVA DE CARLOS PACHECOcavecavec
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119CUEVA DEL DIABLOLocation:Descrip
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121References:levels. The entrance
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123decorated passage which extends
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125collections by Stanley Kiem (Loo
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1279.10.11.12.13.14.caves or cave-l
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131TABLE OF CONTENTSNEWS NOTES. ...
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NENCINO - JULILO ROADSSOTANO DE SAN
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FEETo100SOTANO DE LA JOYAJOYA DE SA
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137had not been checked was followe
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139a high mountain karst area with
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-SaltilloMonter..SKETCHMAPofCA~ON D
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143another 15 miles before we turne
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147S6tano de las Ra!ces lon the sam
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149and color motion pictures. The f
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151ground in the area. (See photogr
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ENTI'ANCEGRUTADENAVIDADMUNICIPIO DE
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155NOTES ON THE EXPLORATION OF SOTA
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157obtain a rough idea of how many
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159Grutas de Mogote, located one mi
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161Past the first large room (appro
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163-749 feet. The left-hand passage
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165it looked a good 300 feet deep.
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167was. Almost 2 hours were require
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Haarr, Allan P. 50 Clover Dr Delmon
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171Young, sam and Diane 474 lOth Av
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173RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE KNOWLEDG
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175large horizontal passage about 1
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177S6tano de Huitzmolotitla, with a
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AreaNorth ofMonterreySouth ofMonter
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182BIOLOGYSECTIONMEXICAN CAVE BEETL
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184from Canada to Oaxaca, but only
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INDEXVOLUME1966II
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187Cantabroniscus primitivus isopod
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189Hooton, Diana 6:149-154Hosley, B
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191pictographs 5:121Pinal de Amo1es
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193from La Si11eta looking eas~)f.
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