> On Nov 5, 2019, at 9:56 AM, Geary Schindel <gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org> > wrote: > > 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> 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> On Behalf Of Charles > Loving > Sent: Monday, November 4, 2019 7:47 PM > To: Gill Ediger <bgillegi...@gmail.com>; Crash Kennedy > <cavercr...@gmail.com>; Cavers Texas <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 | 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*** > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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