usually mines should be well mapped, so there should be maps somewhere that show the dry areas. sound like part of the dry areas got flooded.
apparently there is a lake with over 30 million gallon of water.
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usually mines should be well mapped, so there should be maps somewhere that show the dry areas. sound like part of the dry areas got flooded.
apparently there is a lake with over 30 million gallon of water.
In! Bet I could bring Bob and Trace too...
Maybe the mines are not mapped because they were abandoned around the turn of the last century. I wonder what the owners plan to do with the cave. I watched their video but they never mentioned what happened after it was used to grow mushrooms.
There is a map on the website: http://kingstoncaves.com/tech/map.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by ams511
I would be interested in diving/photographing this place.
What do y'all think the temps would be
Too bad you can't read the date. I wonder it was made before, or after the lower tunnels were flooded.Quote:
Originally Posted by brandonmc
High 40s.Quote:
Originally Posted by Capt. Tyler
maybe to grow modern more potential mushrooms!Quote:
Originally Posted by ams511
maybe to grow modern more potential mushrooms!Quote:
Originally Posted by ams511
http://kingstoncaves.com/potential/potential.html
I think they are interested on the amount of water there and if this is a window to an aquifer so they can utilize the water, bottling or whatever.
As far as maps, the chances are higher that some of them got lost. mining is usually well planned.
If I may... Caves tend to be "stable" geological features. Probably because they are millions of years old. But man made mines and underground cavities tend to be very unstable. Especially those drilled thru water-soluble strata like limestone, salt and gypsum.
In 1994 a 200' diameter by 20' deep lake "appeared" overnite in the middle of the town of Cuylerville, NY when the roof of the Retsof Salt Mine collapsed. No where near as dramatic, but ever present are the gypsum mine collapses that occur occasionally in the towns of Clarence, NY and Amherst, NY (my home town). There is a 100+ year old, abandoned gypsum mine under the towns. National Gypsum claims to have "lost" the old maps showing the mine shaft locations (and their liablity thereof). But every few years a ranch house slowly becomes a split-level as the ground subsides under some poor #$%^'s home. p.s.- my home is on solid granite, no gypsum mines underneath, just radon gas in the basement.
I would exercise E X T R E M E !!!!! caution entering any abandoned, man-made cavity underground. Personally, I would be more inclined to send ROV's than my own little pink @$$.