Re: air blowing out of an old mine

[crawford j maccallum <mccallum@unm.edu>]

On Tue, 15 Sep 1998, James Mclean wrote:

> Herbert H Gottlieb says:
> > These could be caused by internal heating sources such as nearby
> > magma pools or radioactive sources in the process of decay. Is it 
> > possible to enter the mine and track down the origin of the heat source?
> Instead of heating sources, what about the simple enormous thermal resevoir
> that is the earth?  What is it, about 58 F?  Does the air flow possibly
> reverse in winter?
I've heard more from my brother who says that experts tell him there is
indeed an ancient magma pool beneath the mine that keeps the lower
portions at 110 degrees F.  So that's the answer  Congraulations!
 Crawford