Journal and species accounts, v1347
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Haukar, James 1976 Journal Hotel Quinta Chilla, Tamyunchale, Est. San Luis Potosi, Mexico 11 July We inquired with several people in town here as to the location of a cave in the town itself, but were told of only two caves both of which we visited. One was shown us by Sr. who lived in the village and took us to a sinkhole near his house, about ~1 km from the highway. It was ~30-40'deep and quite broad. We could easily descend into it and feel the walls for salts but there were none. Several of the walls were dripping wet but we were told that they dry up in the dry season. The other cave was reached by driving ~2 km SW of Durango and taking a dirt road off to the right at the crest of the hill outside of town. A limestone outcrop shows on a steep cliff or another hill down the across a ravine to the NW (?) and the opening of the cave is visible from far off. We liked to hear the opening but found that a good deal of the cliff face surrounding the cave entrance had caved in recently due to heavy rains making out the cave entrance nearly inaccessible and a risky venture. Doug, however, made a valiant attempt at entering the cave and succeeded, only to find find only a few