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The system has been explored and mapped by cave divers of the Jacob's Well Exploration Project and has been shown to consist of two principal conduits. One passageway measures approximately 4,500 feet (1,400 m) from the surface with a maximum depth of 137 feet (42 m), and a secondary one extends approximately 1,000 feet (300 m) in length from the point where it diverges from the main conduit.
The Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet is a flea market and music venue in Santa Fe Springs, California. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It predominantly caters to Mexican Americans and Chicano culture, [ 4 ] selling food and beverages, art, clothing, household goods, and more unusual products.
Swap Meet events include Auto Mania in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Spring Carlisle, Fall Carlisle, and Winter Carlisle Auto Expo in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The Carlisle-based events bring in $97 million annually to the local economy and Spring Carlisle is the organization's biggest draw of the year, hosting over 100,000 guests from around the ...
Jacobs Cavern is named after its discoverer, E. H. Jacobs of Bentonville, Arkansas. It was scientifically explored by him, in company with Charles Peabody and Warren K. Moorehead , in 1903. The findings were published in that year by Jacobs in the Benton County Sun; by C. N. Gould in Science , July 31, 1903; by Peabody in the Am. Anthropologist ...
An indoor swap meet in the United States, especially Southern California and Nevada, is a type of bazaar, a permanent, indoor shopping center open during normal retail hours, with fixed booths or storefronts for the vendors. [1] [2] [3] Indoor swap meets house vendors that sell a wide variety of goods and services, especially clothing and ...
The organization owns or leases 1,216 acres (4.92 km 2) of land in six states, 170+ caves, 32 cave preserves, and over $1.5 million in land assets.The SCCi is particularly interested in caves that are threatened with closure or destruction or those that provide a habitat for endangered species such as the gray bat, Tennessee cave salamander, and Hart's-tongue fern.
On May 2, 1862, a former Pony Express rider named William M. Talcott discovered rich silver ore in Pony Canyon while cutting wood for Jacobs Station on the old Pony Express route and a maintenance point on the overland telegraph line. The result was a silver rush known as the Reese River excitement. [2] [8]
The Cave Spring Commercial Historic District in Cave Spring, Georgia is a 6 acres (2.4 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The listing included 12 contributing buildings and a contributing site .