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That Penny was Deep :surprised:
- Thread starter Graw
- Start date
Was it a sinkhole, or something like that?
Years back I went to see a friend who managed a state facility... he takes me to a hole similar to this one, at his workshop.
There was a good sized excavator in the bottom of the hole!
Top of it was over 20ft below the surface.
They were chasing a leak from an above ground diesel storage tank that had leaked over the years, before he got there.
R M P T R
Years back I went to see a friend who managed a state facility... he takes me to a hole similar to this one, at his workshop.
There was a good sized excavator in the bottom of the hole!
Top of it was over 20ft below the surface.
They were chasing a leak from an above ground diesel storage tank that had leaked over the years, before he got there.
R M P T R
BH-LandStar
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JASONSPAZ1
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That is scary. Imagine hordes spiders, the size of small cars pouring out of that hole.
Here is a real story of a guy digging for gold in his front yard. Sometimes you have to know when to quit. Scroll to the pictures.
June 14, 2006
MONTCLAIR, Calif. -- A California man digging for gold in his front yard said he got "carried away" and ended up with a 60-foot-deep hole, authorities said.
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Norm Enrique, 63, bought a metal detector that he believed indicated there was gold in his yard, so he began digging near his front patio. He told authorities he only intended to go down three or four feet.[/size]
Fire officials called to the scene Tuesday found two men hired by Enrique inside the unreinforced hole. They were using a bucket and rope to remove dirt.
"We told him, 'You're done,"' said Montclair fire Capt. Rich Baldwin. "It's amazing no one got killed."
Authorities fenced off Enrique's property.
Officials from the state Occupational Safety and Health Administration were expected to visit the property Wednesday to determine how to shore up and fill the hole, authorities said.
Enrique will be required to hire and pay for a licensed engineer, Baldwin said.
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June 14, 2006
MONTCLAIR, Calif. -- A California man digging for gold in his front yard said he got "carried away" and ended up with a 60-foot-deep hole, authorities said.
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Norm Enrique, 63, bought a metal detector that he believed indicated there was gold in his yard, so he began digging near his front patio. He told authorities he only intended to go down three or four feet.[/size]
Fire officials called to the scene Tuesday found two men hired by Enrique inside the unreinforced hole. They were using a bucket and rope to remove dirt.
"We told him, 'You're done,"' said Montclair fire Capt. Rich Baldwin. "It's amazing no one got killed."
Authorities fenced off Enrique's property.
Officials from the state Occupational Safety and Health Administration were expected to visit the property Wednesday to determine how to shore up and fill the hole, authorities said.
Enrique will be required to hire and pay for a licensed engineer, Baldwin said.
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Uncle Willy
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Yeah I remember that. What an idiot.
Bill
Bill