smittyw
Sr. Member
These posts made me wonder about that spring. I went to Homeland, Fl Sunday and visited the historic sites there and found an old meat cutting business with some nice folks near the historic site (the building they are using must have been built in about 1920). An old gentleman was in charge and I asked him about the location of the spring and received good directions to the place on US 17 which used to be an access road or at least adjacent to the springs. As expected the place is now on property belonging to either Crystal Spring Mine or Mosaic. I have used Google Earth to try to pin the exact location but was unable to be really positive. It could be at least two likely spots next to the Peace River close to the directions I was given.
Future plan is to attempt to gain access with permission from the owners, but I'm afraid that may be as likely as snowballs surviving in a certain very hot place.
I found a document on spring monitoring that the state of Florida put out which said that the spring stopped in 1950 and I did find a 2008 photo of the hole in the ground that was the spring that went along with this document so someone knows exactly where it is located. The mines really have the place properly posted in compliance with Florida law so I don't plan any unauthorized excursions. Beam me in Scotty.
Future plan is to attempt to gain access with permission from the owners, but I'm afraid that may be as likely as snowballs surviving in a certain very hot place.
I found a document on spring monitoring that the state of Florida put out which said that the spring stopped in 1950 and I did find a 2008 photo of the hole in the ground that was the spring that went along with this document so someone knows exactly where it is located. The mines really have the place properly posted in compliance with Florida law so I don't plan any unauthorized excursions. Beam me in Scotty.