13 March 2008 - I used to live at number 10 Chandos Street up to 1964 above and behind the Hairdressing shop and I remember we had a shed at the back where the coke for the Ideal range/boiler was stored. This would have been situated according to your details of the cavern above the Eastern part of the complex. I often wondered why the pile of Coke in the shed never seemed to reduce in size even though we used a couple of buckets full every day. Now I realise that it was being constantly topped up from below in some way.
I would be grateful if you could investigate this phenomena.
Can you register my name to join the expedition into the Caverns when 'Health & Safety' officers proclaim the cavern as safe to enter.
Best Wishes from Mr Burgess
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27 February 2008 - The opening of the Slough Caverns to the general public has been put on hold indefinatly as concerns are raised over the cavern systems safety in relation to the development and expansion of Slough Airport, a project which is already way behind schedule. In the meantime, Slough County Council have put forward a proposal to open the Hershell end of the system up to be used as the worlds largest underground carpark, thus relieving some of the strain on the towns vehicular overcrowding.
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21/06/07 - Treacle seams have been found at depths of approximatly 4300ft. The seams similar to those found in cavern systems in the Lancashire Karst region have been rated good for industrial use but of insufficient quality for consumer consumption. The treacle which has a chemical viscocity similar to unrefined oil is said to be found in a sizable seam being fed from a deeper and possibly purer reservior in an as of yet uncharted region of the caverns.
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04/01/07 - An elevator shaft has been commissioned to carry explorers 2.5 miles below the surface to the main cavern artury below Eton. The elevator shaft, said to be the largest in the world, will consist of 17 seperate shafts connected via staging posts and will allow explorers more speedy access to the heart of the cavern system. Currently the dangerous journey to the centre of the cavern system takes explorers 32 hours to reach via the existing natural system of fissures, crawlways and conduits. The shaft will lead into one of the smaller caves of a system of vast caverns which is just over 150m from floor to ceiling and will act as a staging post for further exploration.
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21/11/06 - New rock bands discovered beneath the PFJ strata signify yet another significant and exciting discovery below rising sun formations and limestone deposits. The banding is thought to reflect a grouping of tectonic shifts in the Slough area roughly 2000 years before the first signs of Paleozoic activity has been traced back to previously. Much of the crystalised rock structure known as Coolus Strumus from the cooling of hot rock through liquids under pressure shows similarities with earlier geologic finds by Cleese in his works: The Anatomy Of Large Berkshire Geologic Formations 1889.
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01/11/06 - Hydroplate theory prooved. Extensive examples of Dr. Browns hypothesis on deep reservoirs, 10 miles below the surface contributing to ‘dips’ in the magnetic polarity of rock planes have been discovered appromatly 2.5 miles below Langley Park. Geologists euipped with subteranean bathescopes, submerged within waters whose temperatures are in the supersaturated 110oC+ level are currently surveying the finds.
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07/08/06 - Bats discovered in Delta quadrant. A huge colony of living bats have been found some 800m below Burnham whose numbers are estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands. The giant colony of Rhinolophus hipposideros bats with 15 to 19 mm body lengths and weighing just 5 to 9 gm prey mainly on small insects and fish.
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25/07/06 - Insect moulds found in Lower Miocene limestone. The organic compounds of the insects were removed during the diagenesis, and after the rock lithification leaving its external structure preserved as impression in the rock. These exciting discoveries shed new and fascinating light onto the nature of this system which whilst more than a kilometer below the ground must once have been exposed to the prehistoric surface environment.
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10/05/06 - Shale seams discovered at depths of 1370m above grit and limestone. This fascinating discovery would indicate coal measures although geologists and geophysical experts doubt they would be too extensive. The find would however indicate late Caenozoic era activity which would imply later Carboniferous exposure with a late Paleoproterozoic ocean environment.
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17/04/06 - New cavern sections discovered stretching beneath High St
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05/04/06 - remains of human habitation discovered in sections beneath Slough
railway station
24/03/06 - Scientists believe they have located minor gold deposits beneath the
Salt Hill section of the caves.
15/03/06 - Geophysical experts conducting sonic ground investigations beleive
they might have discovered a significant oil reserve towards the Datchet
end of the system, however, the reszerves are at least 5 miles below
ground level and probably not worth tapping.
20/02/06 - In an interview with the BBC, Tesco's chairman, David Reid refused
to comment on the unsubstantiated rumours that Tesco's have been looking
for venture capital support from the US to turn the Wellington Megastore
into a theme Park.
10/02/06 - Remote guided robots provided by the army have been exploring the
uncharted depths of the cavern system. An official spokeman for Tescos
confirmed speculation that they ordered a further 3 robots. The pictire
to the left shows entrance Beta with an automated robot heading off
into the gloom. They map the mine system with sonar which is less demanding
than the visual spectrum. Each robot is worth near £250.000.00.
17/01/06 - Evidence that the cave system was once inhabited is brought to the
surface, several coins, in almost perfect condition and a pair of shoes
from over 3000 years ago.