KOLONNE, mine 1

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Elephant grass hides the mouth of a shaft (requiring tackle?) giving access to a plumbago (graphite) mine in the west of Kolonne (N06°24': E080°41'). APPROACH (Eckrich 1984 personal communication): At the southern edge of the village of Kolonne (N06°24': E080°41'), a cart-track west starts between a temple on the left and a monastery and school on the right-hand side and leads after 1.8 km to the beginning of an an ascending footpath off to the -right- (perhaps north or north-west). Following the footpath for an estimated 100 m, the the mouth of the shaft is found (or so) about 2 m below the path, on the -left- (or so) and in tall -elephant grass- (oh yes). CAVE LIFE: Eckrich, Michael (1984 personal communication) had surveyed bats here (Chiroptera).