[Taltarzac725]

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

I thought this was a good resource.

[MrGolf]

Deceased Villagers?

[KayakerNC]

Yet to be discovered sinkholes?

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by KayakerNC

Yet to be discovered sinkholes?

You can get an idea of what is underneath the earth by looking at the BBC Resource I linked. I had not realized that there were such very deep mines in the world. I do wish it were in feet rather meters.

Here's a tool for feet to meter conversions. Meters to Foot Conversion Calculator and Table - Convert Meters to Feet

100.00 meters = 328.08 feet.

[billethkid]

meters X 3 gets you pretty close in whole numbers.

[Taltarzac725]

"Meters
Foot
10,000.00
32,808.40
20,000.00
65,616.80
30,000.00
98,425.20
40,000.00
131,233.60
50,000.00
164,042.00
60,000.00
196,850.39
70,000.00
229,658.79
80,000.00
262,467.19
90,000.00
295,275.59
100,000.00
328,083.99" From the conversion tool.

[Jima64]

a lot of cow,pasture with lots of sand.

[Carl in Tampa]

Originally Posted by Jima64

a lot of cow,pasture with lots of sand.

Yep. A great deal of the northern part of TV belonged to the uncle of a close friend of mine, who tells me it was cattle grazing land. My friend used to hunt and fish in this area. The uncle sold the land to Harold Schwartz, original developer of TV.

Being sandy, and undergirded with limestone through which the Florida aquifer flows, there are no mines down there.

[manaboutown]

Probably what is known as Karst Terrain. It basically comprises limestone over an aquifer. Sinkholes occur when acid within water penetrating the limestone dissolves it. As the above poster noted most of The Villages was cow pasture although it started as a trailer park in a watermelon patch. Here is an excellent discussion of central Florida geology. http://www.dot.state.fl.us/geotechni...evaluation.pdf

[tomwed]

What will our successors think when they excavate the Villages and find millions of golf balls?
Will they think it must be a ritual where people send them into a hole and make a sacrifice?
Or will they get it all wrong?

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by tomwed

What will our successors think when they excavate the Villages and find millions of golf balls?
Will they think it must be a ritual where people send them into a hole and make a sacrifice?
Or will they get it all wrong?

That's an amusing thought. Hopefully there will not be many Alexandria like events where whole records of history are destroyed like with the Library of Alexandria and its sad fate. The destruction of the Great Library of Alexandria | Ancient Origins

[Taltarzac725]

1,000.00
304.80
2,000.00
609.60
3,000.00
914.40
4,000.00
1,219.20
5,000.00
1,524.00
6,000.00
1,828.80
7,000.00
2,133.60
8,000.00
2,438.40
9,000.00
2,743.20
10,000.00
3,048.00

From the conversion tool. Take a Look at the World Check out the world's deepest man made pool.

[dewilson58]

What lies beneath the Villages?


Sounds like a title for a good movie.

[justjim]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

What lies beneath the Villages?


Sounds like a title for a good movie.

"Love on the Square" might sell more tickets. LOL. The composition of earth under central Florida is what it is and the porous limestone rock makes conditions for sinkholes to form all around Central Florida. Also interesting is the 1.3 billion gallons of water a day estimated to flow through the Florida Aquifer. That is a lot of water.

[Psychohillbilly]

Jimmy Hoffa, maybe.