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June 16, 2004 BLUE HOLE GLADE CAVES Positions: WGS84 Cave 1: 18 16' 12.7" N, 77 48' 59.9" W, +/- 15m Cave 2: 18 16' 15.9" N, 77 49' 02.5" W, +/- 15m Cave 3: 18 16' 16.6" N, 77 49' 02.5" W, +/- 15m Cave 4: 18 16' 16.7" N, 77 49' 02.5" W, +/- 15m Cave 5: 18 16' 17.2" N, 77 49' 01.0" W, +/- 15m Cave 6: 18 16' 17.9" N, 77 49' 01.1" W, +/- 15m Field notes: D. K. ROGGY Cavers: R. S. Stewart, D. K. Roggy, E. Slack Time in: 13:00 EST, Time out: 16:00 EST THREAT VULNERABILITY: Medium From near the NE entrance to Niagara River cave we headed up a hill passed through a shoulder and down into the blue hole glade. We came down the other side of the hill, went around a bit and eventually found some caves on the opposite side of the very hill we came down. We found one stream passage, approx. 2m high by 1m wide, extending straight back, with a slight jog to the right. It sort of matches the description in Jamaica underground of "A series of sinks includes two short loop caves...(each up to 80m long). It went perhaps 80m and ended in a sump. Water was flowing into it from the tunnel we came down and the water in the sump was slowly turning, indicating that there may be significant flow downward and/or from other inlets driving the surface water in a circular pattern. Flotsam including small twigs accumulated in one part of the chamber where the surface flow stagnated. To the right of this tunnel, along the hill was a small loop cave, not as much as 80m long that came out in a depression 10-20 meters further to the right. After sitting out a rain event of perhaps an hour in a shelter cave nearby we encountered an active resurgence several meters further along base of the hill. Stefan described it as going on and definitely worth checking out... but not this time. |
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