To: Cytotekk who wrote (30338 ) 1/14/2003 11:53:40 AM From: steadyasyougo Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 34075 Hi, Colleen. All I know is what I read, but I do dig deeper than some. Some of the longs have told us that caving experiments were done on small scale, then later on larger scale. It caves. Will it cave in each and every mountain adit tunnel we build? Who knows. Rod broke up some conglomerate, took a little effort. He thinks the drier stuff inside the mountain will be easier to break up. Jon Matz did an experiment in his back yard with "conglomerate like material", he thinks wet will break it up better. So, we shall see. Remember Ron Atwood told us he had to go to the Linatex separator to handle a problem with the sticky clays. I don't know how the Linatex works, and can't get any clues on their website. I did an experiment in my back yard, there were some sticky clay balls in a load of sand I had delivered. I hit them with a regular water hose flow, not much happened. But, high pressure nozzle made them disappear rapidly. And, I have been told that thousands of little gold cornflakes in a clay ball will make it break up even faster. LOL. Re IHub. I've looked three times in last few months. Each time, posts were filled with jail, TOS, I am smarter than you, and other such terms, personal rooster fights just like RB. Not much mention of Knelsons, veneros, etc. And my favorite, number crunching, is totally absent. So, no thanks. SI and YH are enough to fill my plate, with a look see every now and then at RB to see what Rod posts. Remember, RB is just about the best, when Rod and LotsMoney and a few other DD guys show up. Rod fires his best shots on RB, and unfortunately he doesn't have time for SI, one of the best. Rod and twilko have tried to inject a little positive input into IHub. But, they are spinning their wheels dealing with tire kickers. Bottom line: to each his own. gerald