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gravel-floored room Ted was able to climb down a 23 foot drop,continue horizontally for a short distance, then climb up toanother drop. This last drop proved to be 37 faet deep and leadto three small pits. Terry made an heroic attempt to force them,even by taking his clothes off, but his efforts proved futile.Total surveyed depth of the cave is 316 feet. (see map.)Time was getting short and we still had a lot to do. Nextwe were to map Cueva de la Selva located just west of Xilitla.We thanked the caretaker of Rancho de Huitzmolotitla, Sr. IsmaelLarios, and drove toward Xilitla again. Our only pause was togaze into S6tano de HUitzmolotitla, a truly spectacular sight:a vast opening surrounded by dense jungle, with many colorfulbirds fluttering about. (For a further description see AMCSNEWSLETTER, Volume I, Number 8, page 72.) Stopping in Xilitlato eat, we were amused by the sight of a huge neon-lit ferriswheel. It seemed strangely out of place in such a small townhigh in the mountains. Late that evening we made camp besidethe road near S6tano de San Antonio, on the road west to Ahuacatlan.See top picture on the previous page.10 April Early that morning we started the hike down to Cuevade ia Selva. The cave was appropriately named (jungle), as therewas abundant flora in the area. It forms a large opening withinthe mountain, almost 200 feet across, and a slope downwards intoa huge dirt-floored room. A trail, used by local people to obtainwater, leads into the cave to several pools. On the leftwall is a series of solution tunnels of short duration. At theback of the room is a crawlway, which we did not map, that continuesdownstream for several hundred feet before becoming toosmall to negotiate. Near the Main Entrance, towards the right,was another short passage leading to the Upper Entrance. Justinside this passage Ted made a daring climb to check a suspicioushole at the top of a steep, almost vertical wall. It was allfor naught, as he didn't find the hoped-for continuation. Wefinished our map of the cave and then started the hike back upto the truck. (See map of Cueva de la Selva on page 42.)After stopping once more in Xilitla to eat, we then proceededtoward the Inte~American Highway via the new road, stoppinga short distance from the town in the vicinity of Cueva delSalitre. Our purpose was to map the cave and explore a pit inthe cave that F. Bonet had noted. (Dr. F. Bonet is a biologistwith the Universidad Nacional Aut6noma de Mexico. In BoletfnNumero 57, of the University, entitled "Cuevas de la SierraMadre Oriental en la Regi6n de Xilitla", he describes 33 cavesno pits, and other speleological features in the Xilitla area.~Terry, Ted, and Ernest walked down the trail to the cave; itpresented an even more impressive entrance than Selva. The caveconsists of two tremendous rooms, floored with breakdown, thatjoin by means of a short passage. The ceiling in both rooms iswell over a hundred feet high. There is thick plant growththroughout the downward entrance slope as far as sunlight penetrates.The pit which Bonet noted and left unexplored is locatedalong the right wall as one enters the cave. It was found tolead to the second room of the cave after an 86 foot drop. Thisroom was almost equally as large as the entrance room and also40
totENTRANCEo 30FEET60 90iCUEVA DETLAMAYAMUNICIPALITY OF XILITLA, S.L.P.BRUNTON AND TAPE SURVEY BY B. BURNETT)E. GARZA, T. PETERS, T. RAINES 9 APRIL 1966DRAFTE D BY T. RAINES 16 AUGUST 1966ASSOCIATION FOR MEXICAN CAVE STUDIES
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Page 5 and 6: de T1amaya the deepest surveyed cav
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Page 14 and 15: have been found even at Harrison's
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Page 24 and 25: Persons: Ed Alexander, Bob Burnett,
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Page 32 and 33: Sandy-floored passage in S6tano de
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Page 38 and 39: a rutted road. On the other side of
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Page 45 and 46: contained a long, steep talus slope
Page 47 and 48: Entrance to Cueva del Salitre.Photo
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Page 53 and 54: One of the many Santa Fe dirt sinks
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Page 66 and 67: 11. Pit just down hill from pit 10.
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Page 78 and 79: View north along valley of the Inte
Page 80 and 81: Typical fissure passages in S6tano
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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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Develop the cavern and an access to
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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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15.16.17.18.19.Reddell" James R. 19
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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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