Good evening to all TN'ers-
May I humbly request you join me in a cup of slow roasted goodness!
I've been a member for just over a year now yet have been reading for a several years. I've greatly enjoyed the stories, the history (this one especially), banter, camaraderie, and, yes, even the sarcasm when one seems to feel another is encroaching on his "domain" or questioning his word. Please, please, keep it up. It eases the mind to know that, by the time my 8 month old daughter is old enough to learn the REAL history of the world, her school books will not actually be about a tv show called The Real World.
With that, here's some armchair TH'ing for ya. I was floating around Google Earth and came across an odd point of visual interest. If I didn't know any better (and I probably don't) it looks like an opening into the ground. I've posted this here because it's located in the rough vicinity of Don Jose's tayopa (or, at least the saw mill that overlooks it). Check out the coordinates at the bottom of this post. It's probably nothing more than a small pond/large puddle, but what caught my attention....it's almost perfectly square!
Again, keep the years of acquired experiences and knowledge coming! This means you guys Tropical Tramp, Oroblanco, etc. Even though you guys (and other TH'ers) will live well into your 200's, in the event this doesn't happen (and the hand that would write your story prematurely begins to shake like a dog s..ting peach pits), we'll need these posts/threads to keep the memories & history alive!
27• 56' 5"N 109• 4' 43"W
*from an altitude of about 750'
Your humble and interested student-
Justin
May I humbly request you join me in a cup of slow roasted goodness!
I've been a member for just over a year now yet have been reading for a several years. I've greatly enjoyed the stories, the history (this one especially), banter, camaraderie, and, yes, even the sarcasm when one seems to feel another is encroaching on his "domain" or questioning his word. Please, please, keep it up. It eases the mind to know that, by the time my 8 month old daughter is old enough to learn the REAL history of the world, her school books will not actually be about a tv show called The Real World.
With that, here's some armchair TH'ing for ya. I was floating around Google Earth and came across an odd point of visual interest. If I didn't know any better (and I probably don't) it looks like an opening into the ground. I've posted this here because it's located in the rough vicinity of Don Jose's tayopa (or, at least the saw mill that overlooks it). Check out the coordinates at the bottom of this post. It's probably nothing more than a small pond/large puddle, but what caught my attention....it's almost perfectly square!
Again, keep the years of acquired experiences and knowledge coming! This means you guys Tropical Tramp, Oroblanco, etc. Even though you guys (and other TH'ers) will live well into your 200's, in the event this doesn't happen (and the hand that would write your story prematurely begins to shake like a dog s..ting peach pits), we'll need these posts/threads to keep the memories & history alive!
27• 56' 5"N 109• 4' 43"W
*from an altitude of about 750'
Your humble and interested student-
Justin
(just kidding!) Thank you for posting it, my honest opinion is that it is one of the shafts of the old mines of Tayopa, not Teter's which was a tunnel, though if I were to guess at exactly which mine (eg Remedios etc) I could not venture a guess.
Of course it can be drained by syphoning to an extent, but only to the depth of the surrounding elevations in reference to the shaft.. The time factor is another kettle of fish.
