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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