Sounds like you all could use a hydrologist. I think I may be out that way tomorrow if you would like me to stop by and take a look.
Privately message me at the email below and send me your address and any directions I may need. I may be able to do a little look at some of the geology of the area for you. Geary 210.326.1576 cell gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org From: Texascavers <texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com> On Behalf Of Charles Loving Sent: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 9:36 AM To: Cavers Texas <texascavers@texascavers.com> Subject: Re: [Texascavers] My Lake The lake is on highway 337 between Leakey and Camp Wood on Pine Mt Road in front of my house. We have done all that. We have used dye and like I said dumped hundreds of tons of rock, caliche and cement into the lake and are still doing that today. Our newghbor is using his front end loaders and three dump trucks, moving rocks and dirt. This is the headwater of the Nueches River. The springs that feed the lake are still running but no longer roaring like they did. There is water but it is no longer five to six acres. My own little creek that is a dry weather creek runs during rain events. The water comes off the hill and down the gully and pools before it crosses the road about 200 yards from the lake and disappears underground. There are a half dozen caves above my house in the cliff side. There has to have been a shift below the lake due to drought perhaps or something we weren't aware of. One of my neighbors built a beautiful cement dam across a creek that trickled. It never filled and no amount of bentonite and such helped. He now has a beautiful useless dam. On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 7:57 AM Jon Cradit <jcra...@edwardsaquifer.org<mailto:jcra...@edwardsaquifer.org>> wrote: Charlie, I don’t know where your lake front property is but if you have access to some Del Rio Clay you could have that hauled in and rolled out to seal the bottom. You may also try doing a small dye trace from your water feature to your well, if you have one, and determine if there is a hydraulic connection. Jon C. From: Texascavers <texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com<mailto:texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com>> On Behalf Of Charles Loving Sent: Monday, November 4, 2019 7:47 PM To: Gill Ediger <bgillegi...@gmail.com<mailto:bgillegi...@gmail.com>>; Crash Kennedy <cavercr...@gmail.com<mailto:cavercr...@gmail.com>>; Cavers Texas <Texascavers@texascavers.com<mailto:Texascavers@texascavers.com>> Subject: [Texascavers] My Lake The lake at my place is leaking like a sive and loosing water. It has gone from 6 acres to about 2. We have dumped 35 dump trucks of rock and caliche and four loads of cement into the thing and it accomplished nothing. I think there is a cave, crack or sink hole. We have been working on this for weeks and nothing seems to work. It is a series of caves I am sure that opened up recently. We have had no rain etc. The ground is tinder dry. No rain since January. When it does rain two or three inches there is a dry weather creek next to my house that runs toward the lake but disappears before it reaches it all the water goes underground. I am wonder if the cavers could use a magnetometer to find the holes? That might at least put us on a track toward repairing the lake. We have to do all this on our dime and it is getting prohibitive. -- Charlie Loving ***This is an external email - beware links & attachments from unknown senders*** _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com<mailto:Texascavers@texascavers.com> | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers -- Charlie Loving ***This is an external email - beware links & attachments from unknown senders***
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