Underground Gravel Mine in Indy?

[longbow]

Future female camp has been outed....

 

[eldirector]

I would LOVE to see a map of Indiana underground mining. Doubt such a thing is publicly available.

Guess we found a place for the new landfill!

 

[T.Lex]

Future female camp has been outed....

Oh my.

New meaning to "fire in the hole!"

 

[natdscott]

I would LOVE to see a map of Indiana underground mining. Doubt such a thing is publicly available.

It is available and is public information via GIS data. Most just don't know where/how to look, or have ArcGIS handy.

But, here's a webpage:

Indiana's Geologic Economy

I realize that some of that data is outdated, as that was information as of the early 2000's, but you get the idea of the magnitude of information available to GIS techs if they want to map it.

-Nate

 

[Dirtebiker]

Years ago I dabbled in spelunking. In studying I found out that every cave maintains the exact average temperature of the land above it.

That explains why the cave I went to in Texas was so hot!

 

[DRob]

There's a tunnel running from the Beech Grove FEMA camp all the way to Wanamaker. It's so the guards can easily get pizza from the Ordinary and fish from Wheatley's.

 

[shibumiseeker]

That explains why the cave I went to in Texas was so hot!

Yes. Caves in Texas average about 68f. Caves in Indiana are 54-56f.

Room and pillar underground mines can be mind bogglingly huge. Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico is about 30 miles in length. Nearby Lechuguilla cave is around 140 miles (both are only of mapped and known passage, they are actually bigger). The longest cave system in the world is Mammoth Cave at over 400 miles of mapped length. But located between Carlsbad, Hobbes, and Artesia (in New Mexico) is an underground Potash mine that is over 25,000 (twenty five THOUSAND) miles in length. Carlsbad Caverns and Lechuguilla are just inkblots when you look at the map and the mine covers a significant fraction of the area between those three cities. I have a map that shows all three, the two caves and the mine in relation to each other and those three cities. I use it as an example when I teach cave search.


The average person has no idea just how much of the earth we are mining for resources.

 

[Glock22]

I've lived and/or worked in Bedford for over 30 years and did know there is a mine here. Where is it?

It's on 158 going towards Fayetteville. We are dimensional limestone.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

It's on 158 going towards Fayetteville. We are dimensional limestone.

Oh OK. I see a limestone place in that 90 degree curve on 158 (Google Maps). I guess even if I got out that way any, if it were a mine, I probably wouldn't know it from the road anyway.

 

[Glock22]

Oh OK. I see a limestone place in that 90 degree curve on 158 (Google Maps). I guess even if I got out that way any, if it were a mine, I probably wouldn't know it from the road anyway.

That's it, in fact I live right next door.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

That's it, in fact I live right next door.

I used to have several friends that lived over in Western Hills but I think they've all moved on except for one.

 

[2ADMNLOVER]

There's a tunnel running from the Beech Grove FEMA camp all the way to Wanamaker. It's so the guards can easily get pizza from the Ordinary and fish from Wheatley's.

IDK about that but there is one that runs near this pit , across town to near the old wishard site .

 

[Coltsfan33]

Tunnel Vision: What Lies Beneath Indy - Indianapolis Monthly

 

[indyjohn]

The things you learn on INGO..

'Merica

 

[24Carat]

I am always amazed at how many people just in Indianapolis are unaware of the mining that takes place in their backyards.

Long ago I remember listening to Art Bell and Mrs. Threeteeth from Indiana called in and talked about the alien space tunnels under Indianapolis. I laughed for 15 minutes--if they only knew what it was.

EDIT: there are many tunnels and mines in Indiana (some are used as warehouses). Many in the state are unaware of them as they think these only happen "out West" somewhere. We need an Underground Indiana thread.

At the now closed Peabody Air Quality coal mine south of Vincennes it was only six miles from the drop to the working faces when I worked there as a Spotter in 2011. The total linear distance for all excavations would have allowed one to travel the distance from the east coast of the United States to the west coast. Beat that !

 

[natdscott]

The total linear distance for all excavations would have allowed one to travel the distance from the east coast of the United States to the west coast. Beat that !

Challenge accepted:

...located between Carlsbad, Hobbes, and Artesia (in New Mexico) is an underground Potash mine that is over 25,000 (twenty five THOUSAND) miles in length.

lol

-Nate

 

[Brandon]

Bazinga

 

[24Carat]

The subject is Indiana underground. Realign your gyros and try again! LOL !!

 

[natdscott]

No, relying on a pedantic argument to attempt to level the score is what equals...

" LOL!! "

Shibumiseeker is still winning by over 20,000 miles.

Buddy, you're the one who said "Beat that!"; surely you must know that statements like that on a gun forum are a terrible idea, even if I am just jerkin your chain...

-Nate

 

[24Carat]

No, relying on a pedantic argument to attempt to level the score is what equals...

" LOL!! "

Shibumiseeker is still winning by over 20,000 miles.

Buddy, you're the one who said "Beat that!"; surely you must know that statements like that on a gun forum are a terrible idea, even if I am just jerkin your chain...

-Nate

Whatever trips your trigger .