Re: [Texascavers] Jacob's Well :

2015-07-30 Thread Fritz Holt via Texascavers
; > > -Original Message- > From: Fritz Holt via Texascavers > To: texascavers > Cc: Cave NM ; TAG Net ; Mandy Holt > ; June Levy > Sent: Thu, Jul 30, 2015 12:12 am > Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Jacob's Well : > > I would still like to know whether the

Re: [Texascavers] Jacob's Well :

2015-07-29 Thread Jerry via Texascavers
avers] Jacob's Well : I would still like to know whether the Jacob's Well referred to by the reporter was In Wimberley as opposed to San Antonio. A friend and I explored the lake rooms in the Devil's Sinkhole in the summer of 1955 when the cable ladder in place afforded an e

Re: [Texascavers] Jacob's Well :

2015-07-29 Thread Fritz Holt via Texascavers
I would still like to know whether the Jacob's Well referred to by the reporter was In Wimberley as opposed to San Antonio. A friend and I explored the lake rooms in the Devil's Sinkhole in the summer of 1955 when the cable ladder in place afforded an easy climb in and out. This was the same la

Re: [Texascavers] Jacob's Well :

2015-07-29 Thread via Texascavers
Ah,yes. To see what is beyond the gate, you should read Jacob's Well by Stephen Harrigan . This is a fictional work, but was partially built on cavers that I hired to work on the Texas Natural Areas Survey (which helped get Devil's Sinkhole, the Lower Canyons, Mt. Livermore, Devil's River, Big

Re: [Texascavers] Jacob's Well

2013-12-12 Thread Andy Gluesenkamp
Look where that got you last time, Gill.   Andrew G. Gluesenkamp, Ph.D. 700 Billie Brooks Drive Driftwood, Texas 78619 (512) 799-1095 a...@gluesenkamp.com On Thursday, December 12, 2013 2:21 PM, Gill Edigar wrote: Make the rock smaller.  --Ediger On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Andy Gl

Re: [Texascavers] Jacob's Well

2013-12-12 Thread Gill Edigar
Make the rock smaller. --Ediger On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Andy Gluesenkamp wrote: > The swimming area is closed to the public while they figure out what to do > about the car-sized rock that is now hanging precariously over the well > shaft. Bummer for us Sunday morning freedivers as we

Re: [Texascavers] Jacob's Well

2013-12-12 Thread Andy Gluesenkamp
The swimming area is closed to the public while they figure out what to do about the car-sized rock that is now hanging precariously over the well shaft.  Bummer for us Sunday morning freedivers as well as those neoprene-clad bubble blowers.   Andrew G. Gluesenkamp, Ph.D. 700 Billie Brooks Dr

Re: [Texascavers] Jacob's Well

2013-12-11 Thread dirtdoc
Jacob's Well. Ah,yes. To see what is beyond the gate, you should read Jacob's Well by Stephen Harrigan . Those cavers that I hired to work on the Texas Natural Areas Survey (which helped get Devil's Sinkhole, the Lower Canyons, Mt. Livermore, Devil's River, Big Bend Ranch State Park, Ench

[Texascavers] Jacob's Well

2013-12-11 Thread David
The Houston Chronicle web-site published an article today that sounded like it was written by a middle-schooler making their first book report on their swimming trip to Jacob's Well. Describing the geology of the cave, it stated, "the well was formed as part of an underground aquaflow system." Th

[Texascavers] Jacob's Well and Hays Co groundwater problems Part II :

2009-05-15 Thread JerryAtkin
(continued from Part I) Geologists say pumping in western Hays has already passed the limit of sustainability. Computer modeling by the Texas Water Development Board predicts water-level declines during a severe drought of between 50 and 100 feet across the Trinity, including portions of Bexar,

[Texascavers] Jacob's Well and Hays Co groundwater problems Part I :

2009-05-15 Thread JerryAtkin
Silent Springs Is it too late to save Hill Country water? Forrest Wilder | _May 15, 2009_ (http://www.texasobserver.org/toc.php?iid=305) | Features Sixty feet below the shimmering surface of Jacob’s Well, an artesian spring that for thousands of years has pulsed iridescent blue-green water fro