We took a drive over to the California side of the Colorado River and checked out an area called the Bluebird Mine. We had our rock club picnic here last winter but Jim didn't go so I wanted him to see the rocks they mined here. It is mostly kyanite which is a blue crystal and you can also find some garnets but they are not gem quality. Jim was breaking rocks with his rock hammer and was bent over for too long and rehurt his back. So now he is recuperating and its a good thing the dirt is too wet to gold mine or he would be trying it even with his back out of whack.
We went to the gold show in Quartzsite over the weekend. Lots of pretty gold nuggets for sale some costing as much as $10,000. Beautiful stuff and with so much gold there they had Quartzsite's version of "security". The security guards were older than dirt -- one was using his walker to get around the place. I'm sure there were enough honest people there carrying weapons that no robber would get away with anything. Conceal/carry is legal in Arizona and we have heard that most guys are "packin'.
No comments:
Post a Comment