Re: air blowing out of an old mine

["breedlove" <ab142@oak-web.washington-ch.oh.us>]

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jenny breedlove


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> From: crawford j maccallum <mccallum@unm.edu>
> To: phys-l@atlantis.uwf.edu
> Subject: air blowing out of an old mine
> Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 3:28 PM
>
> Near my brother's house in Tonopah, NV, is an entrance to an old mine
from
> which a strong stream of air exits.  I tried to tell him that it must
blow
> out in the daytime and in at night as the mine "breathes" due to
> temperature fluctuations.  But the fact is it blows out all the time!  He
> says there are miles of interconnected tunnels and his opening is
probably
> at highest elevation.  What's the explanation?      
>    Crawford