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A. CAVER VOLUME X F\JU\1BER 12, DECEMBER, 1965 T.} 3ZTEXAS 'A. CAVER VOLUME X f\JU\1BER 12, DECEMBER, 1965 COVER: "FI SHTAILS" ANOTHER MASTERPI ECE BY BLAI R PI TTMAN. SOME OF THE OLDTIMERS WILL RECOGNIZE THESE EXACT FORMATIONS AS THE ONES ALONG THE TRAIL IN THE "J" ROOM, MAYFIELD CAVE - WELL, T , [ CA \.' E"RI·JF O~- ;JO"~OP'.o. "CRYSTAL PALACE" TO YOU NEw-cor.1ERS. (,,,N.;Y IA C-3 2iX2i; l tOr·.1i !i TELEPHOTO, F/90; STROpE LIGHTINC SEhlNC AND IN CLOSE.) CONTENTS: PAGE 227 OI EC OVERY IN BLOW HOLE CAVE BY DAVID MERIDETH 230 F,VE YEAR INDE X BY MBLLRSG 242 GROTTO NEWS THE TEXAS CAVER IS A MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE TEXAS SPELEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION AND IS PUBLISHED IN DALLAS, TEXAS. MATERIAL FOR PUB­ L I CATION SHOULD BE TYPED DOUBLE-SPACED AND SENT TO THE EDITOR NO LATER THAN THE 1ST OF THE MONTH OF ISSUE. THIS PUBLICATION IS EXCHANGED WITH OTHER SIMILAR PUBLICATIONS OR SUBSCRIPTION IS $3.00 PER YEAR FOR 12 ISSUES. EDITOR ••••••••••••• _ •••••••••••• PETE LINDSLEY ASSISTANT EDITOR •••••••••••••••• CHUCK LARSEN TVPIST •••••••••••••••••••••••••• JACKLyN ROBINSON ARTWORK-------------------------NoRMAN ROBINSON ASSEMBLy ••.••••••••••• . ••.••••• JACK & GLORI A BURCH GROTTO NEWS EDITOR •••••••••••••• 6ERT OLSEN PHOTO TI PS EDI TOR ••••••••••••••• CARL KUNATH CURRENT EVENTS EDITOR .......... JIM ESTES LITHOGRAPHER •••••••••••••••••••• BRYANT LILLY OFF I CERS OF THE TEXAS SPELEOLOGI CAL ASSOCI AT I ON FOR THE CURRENT YEAR ARE: CHAI RMAN~ ••••••••••••••• ••••••• PETE L I NDSLEV VICE CHAIRMAN •••••••••••••••••• CARL KUNATH SECREiARy-TREASURER •••••••••••• KATHERINE GOODBAR 6 5 21 SUNNYLAND LANE DALLAS, TEXAS 75214 NOTE: ALL ITEMS FOR PUBLICATION (EXCEPT GROTTO NEWS) SHOULD BE SENT TO THE EDITOR: PETE LINDSLEY, 4612 WATAUGA, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75209 NOTE: ALL MONEY AND QUESTIONS FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS OR RENEWALS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE ASSISTANT EDITOR: CHUCK LARSEN, 3622 NORMA DRIVE, GARLAND, TEXAS 75040 NOTE: ALL GROTTO AND CLUB NEWS SHOULD BE SENT TO TH~ ~ROTTO NEWS EDITOR BERT OLSEN, 222 MIZELL, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS 75110. THE TEXAS CAVER, DEOEMBER, 1965 PAGE 227 ··DISCOVERY·· IN BLOWHOLE CAVE EUGENE HAYDON AND I ARRIVED AT PROJECT DEEP AT APPROX I MATELY 9:A.M. SATURDAY MORNING, AND REGISTERED. WE MET SCOTT REEVE AND SOME MORE OF THE CORYELL COUNTY CAVERS. THEY WERE PLANN I NG A TRIP TO DEEP CAVE. A COUPLE OF HOURS WERE SPENT IN DEEP LOOKING AROUND AND TAKING A FEW PI CTURES. BEFORE NOON WE JO I NED B I LL RUSSELL AND HI S MAPPING TEAM AT BLOW HOLE FOR SOME PICTURES AND EXPLOR I NG. THI S CAVE ! S LOCAT ED i N A GULLEY THAT FLOODS WHEN IT RAINS. IN THE LAST ROOM WHILE B I LL WAS MAPPING AND I WAS TAKING PICTURES, EUGENE DISCOVERED A SMALL HOLE WITH A STRONG AIR CURRENT COMING OUT OF IT. Two SMALL HOLESfl-tAD P~EVfOUSLY BEEN DISCOVERED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE ROOM. THE HOLE THAT EUGENE FOUND WAS ABOVE THE FLOOD LINE. THE PROSPECTS OF CONNECTiNG WITH MORE OF THE CAVERN SEEMED BEST AT THI S PLACE. By TH I S T!ME IT WAS NOON, SO WE LEFT THE CAVE TO EAT AND GET OUR TOOLS TO DIG ON THE HOLE. LEE SKINNER MET US IN THE CAVE TO HELP WITH THE DIGGING ABOUT 1~30 P.M. WEREMOVED AS MUCH MATERIAL AS POSSIBLE WITH OUR ONLY TOOL - A.G .I. SHOVEL. WE LEFT THE CAVE AT 6:45 P.M. AND DID NOT RETURN UNTIL 1:30 P.M. SUNDAY TO CONTINUE DIGGING. THE SEDIMENT WE WERE DIGGING IN WAS COM POSED OF A CHALKY MATERIAL AND SMALL ROCK S. TH I S WAS EASY D I GG I NG, BUT THE FURTHER WE DUG THE HARDER I T GOT. I T WAS SUGGEST ED THAT WE USE DYNAM IT E TO LOO SEN TH IS MATERIAL. WHILE EUGENE CONTINUED DIGG I NG, LEE AND I WENT TO ASK ABOUT BLASTING. WE WERE INFORMED THAT IT HAD BEEN SPECIF I ED THAT THERE BE NO BLASTING. WE DECIDED TO TALK WITH JIM ESTES. LEE WENT BACK TO THE CAVE WHI LE I WENT TO FIND JIM ESTES TO SEE WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO I N ORDER TO GET PERMISSION TO BLAST. AN HOUR LATER, AT 4:00 P . M. , I RETURNED TO TH E CAVE AND EUGENE, LEE, AND I CONTINUED DI GGING UNTIL 6:30 P.M. AFTER WATCHING THE BAT FLIGHT AT PUNKIN CAVE, WE BORROWED AN I RON BAR FROM PE TE LI NDSLEY. EUGENE AND I ATE SUPPER AND RETURNED TO THE CAVE TO TRY OUR LUCK AGAIN. WE STARTED IN WITH THE BAR ABOUT 8:30 P.M. AND TH I NGS WERE GOING GREAT WITH THE BAR UNTIL WE H I T A ROCK ABOUT 6 I NCHES IN 0 1 AlV1 ET ER AND 2 FEET LONG \IfEDGED I N A CREV I S. WE COULD SEE A ROOM AT LEAST BIG ENOUGH TO CRAWL INTO BEYOND THE ROCK. THIS WAS VERY ENCOURAGING. HOWEVER WE COULD NOT ACCOMPLI SH ANYTHING MORE BY PICK I NG AT THE ROCK WITH OUR SMALL BAR AND WE KNEW WE COULDN'T POSSIBLY GET THROUGH WI THOUT BLASTI NG. WE LEFT THE CAVE ABOUT 1 g30 A . M. AND MET JIM ESTES AT THE WIN DMILL. WE TOLD HIM WHAT WE HAD FOUND. HE SAID THAT HE WOULD GO WI TH US THE NEXT MORNING TO LOOK AT OUR F I ND. ABOUT 9:00 A.M. MONDAY MORNING , WE MET JI M ESTES, ROBERT SCHROEDER, AND ANOTHER CAVER. JIM THOUGHT THE HOLE LOOKED VERY PROM I SI NG AND TOLD US TO TALK TO THE LAND OWNER, MR. LOYS NEV>MAN. iF MR. NEWVlAN WOULD GIVE US PERMISSION TO BLAST, JIM THOUGHT THE T.S. A . WOULD CONSENT TO OUR BLASTING IF WE TOOK FULL RESPONSIBILITY. MR. NEV>MAN WAS A VERY NICE MAN AND GAVE US HIS PERMISSION READ I LY. ROBERT, EUGENE, AND I HAD QUITE A TIME FINDING SOME DYNAMITE. F I NALLY, WITH THE HELP OF A LOT OF FR I ENDLY PEOPLE, WE GOT SOME DYNAMITE AT A HARDWARE STORE IN DEL RIo. WE RETURNED TO THE PROJECT AT ABOUT 2:00 P oM. TO F I ND THAT NEARLY EVERYONE HAD LEFT. WE ATE A QUICK LUNCH AND WENT BACK TO THE CAVE. ABOUT 3 O'CLOCK WE SET OFF THE F I RST CHARGE OF A HALF ST I CK, WHICH REM OVED THE ROCK THAT WAS HOLDING US UP BEFORE BLAST I NG. WE SET TWO MORE CHARGES TO ENLARGE THE HOLE ENOUGH TO CRAWL THROUGH . ABOUT 5 O'CLOCK I CRAWLED THROUGH THE SMALL HOLE WITH GREAT ANTIC I PAT I ON AS TO WHAT MI GHT LIE AHEAD. I TOOK A QUI CK LOOK AROUND AND FOUND A DEEP I!'l T. I WENT BACK TO THE OPENI NG AND ENLARGED I T SOME MORE SO THAT EUGENE AND ROBERT COULD ENTER MORE EASILY . THE TUNNELL WE DUG IS 15 FEET LONG, 2~ FEET PAGE 228 THE TEXAS G'AVER, DECEMBER, 1965 WIDE, AND 1 FOOT HIGH. IT CAME OUT INTO A ROOM ON THE F 2RST LEVEL. THE ROOM WE ENTERED IS ABOUT 80 FEET LONG, ABOUT 40 FEET WIDE, AND 30 FEET HIGH AT THE HIGHEST POINT. THERE ARE THREE HUGE DOMES i N THE CEILING. THE FLOOR HAS THREE LEVELS: THE FIRST LEVEL IS CAVE CORAL; THE SECOND LEVEL I S CALCITE SAND; AND THE THIRD LEVEL I S SOLI D ROCK. BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD LEVEL, THERE IS A DEEP PIT. THE RIM OF THE PIT I S ABOUT 10 FEET IN DIAMETER AND LOOKING INTO THE PIT, WE COULD SEE AN OFFSET ABOUT 40 FEET DOWN. WE DID NOT HAVE ANY ROPE WITH US TO DESCEND. WHILE ROBERT MADE A ROUGH SKETCH OF THE ROOM, EUGENE EXPLORED THE ROOM, AND I TOOK PICTURES. AFTER STAYING IN THE V i RGIN PORTION ABOUT 2 HOURS, WE RETURNED TO TOPSIDE AND PLANNED ANOTHER TRIP. WE THEN SAID OUR GOODBYES AND LEFT FOR HOME. ON SEPTEMBER 25, EUGENE AND BARBARA HAYDON, RICK AND MILL I E WILEY, MY WIFE ALICE AND I RETURNED FOR ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR DISCOVERY. ROBERT SCHROEDER WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THI S TRi P. I TWAS DRI ZZLI NG RA ! N WHEN WE ENTERED THE CAVE ABOUT 8:30 P.M. SATURDAY. BECAUSE OF THE RAIN THE Gi RLS DECIDED NOT TO GO IN THE CAVE AT THIS TIME. WHEN WE GOT TO THE PiT I BELAYED EUGENE DOWN ABOUT 40 FEET TO THE OFFSET. THE OFFSET WAS A TUBE THAT SPIRALED DOWN ABOUT 40 FEET INTO THE NEXT ROOM . THE AVERAGE DIAMETER OF THE TUBE WAS 3 FEET. EUGENE LOOKED AROUND IN THE ROOM BELOW WHILE RICK AND I RAPPELLED DOWN. WHENEVER ONE ENTERS THE ROOM WITH HIS BACK TO THE PIT, ONE SEES IMMENSE BREAKDOWN. FIFTEEN FEET TO THE RIGHT LI ES A 10 FOOT DROP INTO ANOTHER ROOM. THiS ROOM IS 20 FEET BY 30 FEET AND 20 FEET HIGH. THERE ARE SIGNS OF PREVIOUS WATER EROS I ONS ON THE FLOOR THAT LEAD TO A PASSAGEWAY. BECAUSE OF LACK OF WATER FOR OUR CAR8iDE LAMPS, WE RETURNED TO CAMP AFTER 5-13 HOURS IN THE CAVE. WHEN WE GOT TO THE SURFACE IT WAS STILL DRIZZLING. WE SACKED OUT FOR AAOUT 5 HOURS. WHEN WE AWAKENED IT WAS DRIZZLING EVEN HARDER SO WE DECIDED NOT TO RETURN TO THE CAVE FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION THAT DAY. WE LEFT FOR HOME WITH MUCH DAMPENED SPIRITS. ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, NORMAN ROBINSON, LEE SKINNER, GEORGE YEARY, AND PETE LINDSLEY VISITED BLOWHOLE A80UT NOON. WHEN THE CAVE WAS ENTERED THE AIR WAS BLOWING IN SLIGHTLY AND THREE HOURS LATER A LARGE VOLUME OF AIR WAS BLOWING OUT OF THE SMALL ENTRANCE.
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