Mt. Antero |
Mt. Antero |
Jul 28 2009, 10:31 AM
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Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 78 Joined: 26-November 08 From: outside atlanta Member No.: 6,819 |
Hey guys long time no see..CP and Mrs. CP...as I was in the mtns. of North carolina this last weekend I went to a mineral museum which had lost of books...now 90% of all rock and min. books just repeat the same thing..so they get nary a glance from me...well this time I noticed one book way in the back in the corner.."whats this" I say..."golly gosh darn lookie here" ...looks like a Bible but not just any old bible the "Mt. Antero Bible"(comparing this find to something as good as the Bible:)) well heck ya..this is an awesome book..extremely in-depth..well written..all the info you could ever need..it's older written in the 80's but still an excellent read...what is the collecting status on Antero and White mtns. now? Are there still large lode claims filed on those molybdenum areas? any other info you can provide?
-------------------- Amethystguy cometh and the amethystguy taketh away
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May 9 2014, 12:36 PM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 9 Joined: 23-March 14 Member No.: 117,173 |
Thanks for the welcome, the cheering, and the information!
I donīt know how to obtain more information than Iīve already done. At least not from this distance. The added map was new, though, but Iīm not sure I understand it. Looks like the guy have claimed most of the mountain, or didnīt I get that drawn line right. Didnīt know you could a thing like that, in that case. Anyway, I wouldnīt dream of claim jumping. Well, I probably would dream of it up there, but Iīd take a lot of measures not to. I collect minerals and fossil for display and for educational purposes, as I work at a college. And also, rockhounding is great fun - naturally. Iīm after the aquamarine to show my students and, hopefully, to influence some of them to start rockhounding themselves. So, why not just buy a few nice gems? Well, geology is a field science (no need to tell you that). I want to be able to tell them about the environment in which the mineral was found, and to show them pictures. Anything else would make me a fraud. Because of my reasons for rockhounding, I never pick up as much as I can get. I would climb the Mt Antero for just one small piece aquamarine, but I need to know that chance exists. |
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