Our neighbors and us took our 4 wheelers to the Red Cloud Mine. The miner who works the mine has product to sell right on the mine property. I love buying specimens there because you know its real and you are getting the wholesale price. The bottom picture is wulfenite that I bought awhile ago. The top picture is of vanadinite --tiny orange red crystals that really have a great shine to them. The vanadinite comes from a mine they just purhased called the North Geronimo Mine a few miles north of the Red Cloud. Both of these gems are just to look at because the crystals are too soft to make into jewelry.
The road back to the mine was pretty rough, rougher than it usually is. We then went farther north past the Red Cloud and did some exploring. The farther we went the prettier it got. We finally turned around because it seemed to be getting rougher and narrower which we don't enjoy.
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