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NENCINO - JULILO ROADSSOTANO DE SANTA MARIAMUNICIPIO DE GOMEZ FARIAS, TAMAULIPASSKETCH MAP BY E F ALEXANDER, 24 NOV. 1966DRAFTED BY E. F. ALEXANDER AND D. ERICKSONAMes
134As we drove on, the road became steeper and the sinks becamelarger. After a couple of miles we found ourselves winding betweenlarge dolinas which were up to a quarter of a mile across. Filledsinks and small open pits were still too numerous to count.Several times we stopped and found that the dense vegetation wassupported by small karst pinnacles separated by narrow fissures.Rocks dropped down these fissures would sometimes. rattle forseveral seconds. About four miles out of Julilowe crossed overthe top of the range and continued west through the now dryerforest. Sinks were still very numerous. One pit was too close tothe road to be passed by, so stopping for a few minutes Don droppeddown to check it. Fifty feet down it quit. From this pit theroad gradually descends for about four miles into the valley ofJoya de Salas. We found S6tano de la Joya de Salas just beyondthe school on the far side of the village, 22 miles from the Inte~American Highway.The town, consisting of about 40 families, and the s6tanoare located in a wide, flat, grassy valley entirely surrounded bylow mountains. (See photograph on page 136.) At the southern endis a low divide, about 100 feet high, which separates this valleyfrom another which is also a flat grassland, except studded withgroves of pines. Near the town in the center of the valley is awide, shallow lake of several acres. The s6tano is several hundredyards away, and just above it is an earthen dam which impounds asmaller lake, thus preventing runoff from entering the cave. Atthe school house we found the 'professor' and told him our plansto re-enter the s6tano. From him we learned that during the hurricaneof 1909 a log jam plugged the entrance and the entire valleyfilled with water until it flowed over the divide at the southernend. The town was completely flooded. When the jam broke therewas a huge explosion and a giant whirlpool drained the entire floodinto the pit. Then, during the recent hurricane earlier this fall,the upper lake overflowed and there was again a whirlpool over theentrance. This was the first time the cave had flooded since 1955.Although it was now late in the afternoon, we decided to rigthe entrance in order to get an early start in the morning. Wefound the expansion bolt which had been used at the entrance bythe previous group, ascertained that it was still solid, and droppeda rope down the 258 foot chasm. Orion rappelled in to checkthe bottom and found that the recent flood had caused no noticeablechange.The next morning our entire group entered the cave and proceededdirectly to the Cathedral Room where we stopped to eatlunch. (See AMCS Newsletter, v. I, no. 5, p. 54-58 for a descri~tion of the cave. AlSO, see cave map on page 135 of this issue.)Here at the 650 foot level Bob drew the job of checking a coupleof unpleasant mud crawlways which didn't go. The cave was stillqUite wet and the flood had left many interesting marks. Therewere the usual logs jammed hi~h above our heads, but most strikingwere the Tecate cerveza cans (empty) which stood upright on theledges at this level, as if they had just been left the nightbefore. From here Orion, Don, and I continued on to the end ofthe previous exploration and the supposed bottom of the cave at892 feet. At least we found that it wasn't under water. Wheredid all the water go?Small passages led from each end of the bottom. One which
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THE ASSOCIATION FORMEXICAN CAVE STU
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de T1amaya the deepest surveyed cav
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and is about 200 feet long. It is p
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Modesto G6mez Saldivar, 1898-1966Mo
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JOHN WILLIAM FRANCIS HARRISONBORN B
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have been found even at Harrison's
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Note: This is the first of a series
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it has rained three and four inches
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The Deep Caves or the Western Hemis
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Persons: Ed Alexander, Bob Burnett,
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go north of Galeana to Ranchero Sou
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26Persons: Chip Carney and Don Eric
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Sandy-floored passage in S6tano de
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slopes, made difficult by the thin
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Persons: Faye Chapman I Jonathan Da
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a rutted road. On the other side of
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Entrance to S6tano de San Antonio.
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totENTRANCEo 30FEET60 90iCUEVA DETL
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contained a long, steep talus slope
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Entrance to Cueva del Salitre.Photo
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On July 12 I had an hour's intervie
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One of the many Santa Fe dirt sinks
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330 feet. At the bottom along one s
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species of milliped of a group not
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secondary opening one-third of the
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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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Page 112 and 113: 107NEWSNOTESTABLE OF CONTENTSTRIP R
Page 114 and 115: 109CAVEMAPSDuring the past six year
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Page 118 and 119: 113in the volcanic detrital deposit
Page 120 and 121: 115CAVE DESCRIPTIONSGRUTA DE ACUITL
Page 122 and 123: 117CUEVA DE CARLOS PACHECOcavecavec
Page 124 and 125: 119CUEVA DEL DIABLOLocation:Descrip
Page 126 and 127: 121References:levels. The entrance
Page 128 and 129: 123decorated passage which extends
Page 130 and 131: 125collections by Stanley Kiem (Loo
Page 132 and 133: 1279.10.11.12.13.14.caves or cave-l
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Page 138 and 139: 131TABLE OF CONTENTSNEWS NOTES. ...
Page 142 and 143: FEETo100SOTANO DE LA JOYAJOYA DE SA
Page 144 and 145: 137had not been checked was followe
Page 146 and 147: 139a high mountain karst area with
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Page 150 and 151: 143another 15 miles before we turne
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Page 154 and 155: 147S6tano de las Ra!ces lon the sam
Page 156 and 157: 149and color motion pictures. The f
Page 158 and 159: 151ground in the area. (See photogr
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Page 162 and 163: 155NOTES ON THE EXPLORATION OF SOTA
Page 164 and 165: 157obtain a rough idea of how many
Page 166 and 167: 159Grutas de Mogote, located one mi
Page 168 and 169: 161Past the first large room (appro
Page 170 and 171: 163-749 feet. The left-hand passage
Page 172 and 173: 165it looked a good 300 feet deep.
Page 174 and 175: 167was. Almost 2 hours were require
Page 176 and 177: Haarr, Allan P. 50 Clover Dr Delmon
Page 178 and 179: 171Young, sam and Diane 474 lOth Av
Page 180 and 181: 173RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE KNOWLEDG
Page 182 and 183: 175large horizontal passage about 1
Page 184 and 185: 177S6tano de Huitzmolotitla, with a
Page 186 and 187: AreaNorth ofMonterreySouth ofMonter
Page 189 and 190: 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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