Illinois Speleological Survey, Inc.
Stemler Cave Woods Nature Preserve
Sinkhole Cleanup, 21 April 2001

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Val picking up garbage in the seemingly bottomless trash-filled sinkhole. She's filling the barrel - note the rope...
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Hauling the barrel up and then out of the sinkhole using Rick Haley's system of pulleys and ropes spanning the sink.
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Tony Schmitt giving Diane Tecic a breather on chainsaw duties (Diane is in foreground holding vines away from the chainsaw).
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Nearby landowner Homer Stemler using his tractor to haul a telephone pole to the giant dumpster.
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Another local landowner, Harry Raymond helped out by hauling garbage over to the dumpster with his tractor and trailer. The dumpster is between his tractor and the house.
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Cavers walking behind another truckload of garbage so that the long pieces don't fall out on the way to the dumpster.
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