Post by L Roebuck on Nov 8, 2008 8:07:28 GMT -5
Tourist attraction turned dump, Robber Baron Cave reopens today
Some 70 feet below Northwood Estates' ranch-style homes and quiet streets, Joe Mitchell found a new passage of Robber Baron Cave.
“It's what cavers dream about,” he said. “Virgin passage. .. And it was right here in San Antonio.”
Mitchell's discovery this summer came after five years of work by himself and more than 200 other volunteers to restore and reopen Bexar County's longest cave. Today, the 5,000-foot network of caverns and tunnels in a rock formation known as the Austin Chalk will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Some 70 feet below Northwood Estates' ranch-style homes and quiet streets, Joe Mitchell found a new passage of Robber Baron Cave.
“It's what cavers dream about,” he said. “Virgin passage. .. And it was right here in San Antonio.”
Mitchell's discovery this summer came after five years of work by himself and more than 200 other volunteers to restore and reopen Bexar County's longest cave. Today, the 5,000-foot network of caverns and tunnels in a rock formation known as the Austin Chalk will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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