Arkansas Quartz Mining
April 2024 |
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Headquarters of mining company
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John found us a great
condo with a back porch and grill! |
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Dining and kitchen. We also had a washer and dryer that was definitely
needed!!! |
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Steak night before the
dig. We needed fuel! |
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Big machines open up the pockets for us to dig |
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This is the pocket that
the old man worked. |
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John worked a different
site. |
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John working through his
own tailings. |
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Sam and Charlie helped
us all day. This is Sam with John at his site. |
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John Sr.'s dig site. Here goes! |
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John going through the
tailings from my dig site. |
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The old man in a hole! |
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Found one! |
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Definitely need to wash
these clothes! |
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This is the upper part
of John Sr.'s dig area. |
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After a long day
digging, we returned to the office area and rinsed
the crystals. There was still a lot of cleaning
needed! |
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The crystals were then
wrapped in paper and put in boxes and buckets to
bring home. |
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John
pre-sorted all of the crystals and selected the ones
he was going to take home in his suitcase. He was
limited to about 20#, so he selected carefully. |
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This
was his prize cluster. It went home in his carry-on. |
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Diamond field in
background. We did not try to find any; the park was
closing in an hour. |
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There were still some
working the field. |
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The visitor center and
mine history was very interesting. |
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On the way home we went
to Paris (Texas). |
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First acid wash in
Bandera. At least three more batches to go. |
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A large point from this
site. |
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A few crystal images.
Use "pause" and "run" in lower right to control
the slideshow. |
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Small clear points in
crystal vase with LED lights. |
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John, Sam and Charlie
at the Mineral City show in Tucson on 2/2/2025.
Sam and Charlie recognized John as they all were
attending the show. Small world!!!! |
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