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Chris- Thanks for the interesting insight on Boca de la Mina. > …including the personal bearers of supervisors, who went everywhere > piggyback. Hmmm. The mina must have had tall ceilings. (Or short bearers. <g>) Of course if one could get around with a 10' walking stick, (Is this where the ten foot pole, as in 'I wouldn't touch that with a…' came from?) I guess riding piggyback wouldn't be much of a problem. Hmmm, again. Re-reading your message: > …who used a walking -stick about 10" long… I can't see any use in a 10" walking stick. You must have meant 10'. Let me know if I'm off base, and why. The thing that really got me interested in this mine is that the name was so similar to my absolute favorite place on earth, Boca Cave, (Boca de la Cava? what _is_ the Spanish word for cave?) in the Mt Jefferson Wilderness in Oregon. I uploaded a .gif of a photo I took of Mt Jefferson framed by the mouth of the cave about 2 years ago. It's sitting over in the Landmarks section of the Graphics Corner (go corner) forum (MTJEFF.GIF) if you are interested. Thanks, Guy