Watkins Cave was renamed to "Glowworm Cave" at the Owner's request...
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Kennedy To: mark.al...@l-3com.com ; texascavers@texascavers.com Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 2:15 PM Subject: [Texascavers] RE: caves in Brewster and Reagan counties Mark, The TSS has one cave in it's files that fits that description: Frios Blowhole (BRE099). It is on the Pine Mountain East 7.5' quadrangle. We have coordinates. Jerry Atkinson was in contact with the owner in 1995. One of the notes in the database says "While it is possible to hand-over-hand the rope drop into the cave's main room, it would be much safer to install a permanent ladder or restrict entry to parties demonstrating a knowledge of technical rope climbing skills." We have the cave listed as 255m long and about 22m deep. Only 3 caves are listed for all of Reagan County: Watkins Cave, Kemper Station Cave, and Big Lake State Park Cave. It looks like some wide-open speleological territory. Jim Kennedy TSS Office Manager From: mark.al...@l-3com.com [mailto:mark.al...@l-3com.com] Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 1:53 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] Info on Caves in Brewster and Reagan Counties Would anyone have any info on caves surveyed on land in the above counties, specifically, the Stovall Ranch in Brewster Co. and the Lockerby Ranch in Reagan Co.? I was contacted by a kind, elderly gentleman named Guy Stovall about some survey work that was done about 15 years ago on his ranch by some folks from Carlsbad, according to him. They left him a report, which he is looking for, and it was signed by a caver who has since died. He has a rather large ranch and he is on the board of directors for Scottish Rite Hospital here in Dallas, who just happens to own the 180K+ acre Lockerby Ranch. He is very interested in getting us out there, especially in you're an SMU alumni, and this may be a good opportunity to look for some new caves. He stated that there are quite a few large ones on his ranch and the group that came out spent the night in one and it had quite a few pits in it. I know that there was a Caves of Brewster County, printed by the TSS, but don't know if Mr. Stovall's property/caves were included. If you have anything or are interested in this, please contact me. I will have more info on this and another caving opportunity at the Convention. Thanks! Mark
