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Persons: Jim and Barbara Hershberger, James Mead,Philip WinsboroughDate: 22 July 1966Destination: Cueva del DiabloReported by: Barbara Hershberger Austin, TexasOn Saturday, 22 JUly, Jim and Barbara Hershberger, James Mead,and Philip Winsborough entered and explored a cave, the easternmostof three on the south face of the Sierra de la Iguana, in the SabinasCanyon about 4.1 miles west of the town of Sabinas Hidalgo, N.L.The cave entrance, about 500 feet above the Rio Sabinas, wasa large, dry, dusty room with passages leading north and east. Themouth, a hole about 20 feet high and 30 feet wide, can be readilyseen from the highway below. See sketch map on page 90.On speaking with the owner of the cave property it was learnedthat the air in the cave was dangerous, but no specific cause wasgiven. The group was persuaded to wear protection, consisting ofcotton and handkerchiefs tied over the mouth and nose.The east passage is a joint controlled solution fissure about50 feet long with a small breakdown room at the end. There were afew bats in the passage and the smell of ammonia was throughout.There was also considerable dust in the passage. The main part ofthe cave is a joint containing three sub-parallel passages on·separate levels. All four persons explored the lowest passage whichis horizontally divided into two levels by breakdown. It containsa damPl dirt-guano floor and much breakdown. This level ended afterabout LJ.O feet.The upper passage was explored by Jim Hershberger and Jim Mead.It followed the joint for about 250 feet. This passage was coolerthan the rest of the cave and active in some places. Several smallrooms contained soda straws and stalactites. The floor was moistdirt. Barbara went into the upper section about twenty minuteslater and met the other two almost at the back. Samples were takenof the guano at the back of the upper section and of the dirt atthe entrance. These were given to Dr. Everett Rhodes of San Antonio,Texas for routine analysis in connection with his work withhistoplasmosis.From here the group went to Bustamante and to the Jarmon Ranchin the desert 26 miles west of Bustamante. They examined a bonesite which contained Pleistocene elephant and camel bones. Fromhere they returned to the Federal Park and canyon immediately westof Bustamante and climbed up to several caves near the top of thenorth face, opposite some Indian pictographs. The aim was to getto Boca del Diablo but a 100 foot vertical face of rotten, softlimestone stopped them.Monday morning after arriving in Austin the cavers were toldthat eleven Mexicans who had been mining guano from Cueva del Diablogot sick and five died of histoplasmosis. On Wednesday, Jim Hershbergergot sick and went to the doctor on Thursday. He was diagnosedas haVing the flu or a COld, given aspirin, and sent home. ThatThursday James Mead also got sick and, like Hershberger, told thedoctor about the histoplasmosis, but he was given x-rays and a skintest. The results were returned Friday and showed a positive reactionto the skin test and the fungus was visible in the lungsthrough the x-ray. Dr. Rhoades came from San Antonio the next morningand took blood from all four people, plus further tests. JimMead and Jim Hershberger were sick with the fungal disease for88
several weeks. The skin tests and blood teste were also positivefor Barbara but she did not get sick. Philip was positive forthe skin test only.It is advised that no one else go into the cave for any reason.There are no precautionary measures which are portable and stilleffective in preventing inhalation of the fungal spores. If notdiagnosed and treated, the disease can be fatal.89
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Modesto G6mez Saldivar, 1898-1966Mo
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have been found even at Harrison's
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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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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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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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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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