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elliescatchurch
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Corvallis, Oregon
Gender: Female
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<Reply # 40 on 11/2/2010 6:57 AM >
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I was hoping you caught Ramsus falling over in the 55 gal drum)
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Ya I think we all wish that was on video.
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elliescatchurch
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Corvallis, Oregon
Gender: Female
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<Reply # 41 on 11/2/2010 6:58 AM >
| | | | DAV your photos put me to shame.
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elliescatchurch
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Corvallis, Oregon
Gender: Female
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<Reply # 42 on 11/2/2010 7:07 AM >
| | | | Posted by morsmordre
hahahaha check out the bulge in those pants
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I'm assuming you mean me and not Ramsus. Lol. Ya they were filled with silver chunks *greedy laughter*. I caught the fever from Therrin.
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Ramsus
location:
Redmond, OR
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 43 on 11/2/2010 8:23 AM >
| | | | You may have caught the fever, but we all know who got the silver...precious...silver....
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Dav
  
location:
Los Angeles, CA
Gender: Male
Like fun, but different.
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<Reply # 44 on 11/2/2010 9:28 AM >
| | | | Posted by elliescatchurch
DAV your photos put me to shame.
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Thanks, but you'll still have to prove it!
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Therrin
  
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North of Chicago, IL
Gender: Male
*Therrin puts on the penguin-suit
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<Reply # 45 on 11/2/2010 10:58 AM >
| | | | Posted by elliescatchurch
I'm assuming you mean me and not Ramsus. Lol. Ya they were filled with silver chunks *greedy laughter*. I caught the fever from Therrin.
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Hopefully a fever is all you caught from me =P lol.
I'm almost 100% sure by now that the mineral we were mining out of that vein is Galena. Which, boys and girls, is mostly LEAD; the reason it's so heavy. Galena though, is also known as the "ore of silver" (as opposed to silver in its pure, native form). Galena usually has a "high" silver content (though this can vary widely as far as actual percentage goes).
The other possibility is that it is a lead/molybdenum/silver compound. Apparently the geology professor I was to get in touch with has been pretty busy with midterms and the related workload of that; but says he'd like to get together with me soon to look things over. So hopefully soon I'll know for sure what it is.
THat having been said... you realize that for it to be worth anything, you'll have to crush it down to fine powder, then run it through a series of chemistry processes in order to isolate and extract the silver content. I've been studying the processes, they're not what I'd call "simple", but if I can get my stuff through it with decent results I'd be happy to pass it on to ya guys. Chances are you'll put more $$ into extracting the silver than what it's cost is actually valued at.
Or you could just hold onto it cuz it's pretty, and know what potential it has locked inside, even if you're not really willing to go to the work to release it. =)
I'll let you know!
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Ramsus
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Redmond, OR
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 46 on 11/2/2010 8:43 PM >
| | | | Even if it is silver it'll probably just sit in an old shoe box in the garage collecting dust until I stumble upon it years later and remember the good ol' days.
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cr400
  
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Los Angeles, CA
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 47 on 11/2/2010 9:11 PM >
| | | | Awesome video, very nice work Dav.
You can see a million miles tonite, but you can't get very far.
Honorary member of UER lifetime acheivement award winning, 2Xplorations and Guide Services, Texas. |
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robk700
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Los Angeles / D.C.
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 48 on 11/3/2010 7:21 AM >
| | | | Anyone up for Mojave 5, deeper, darker, descent.
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morsmordre
location:
Orange, CA
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 49 on 11/3/2010 7:25 AM >
| | | | Posted by robk700
Anyone up for Mojave 5, deeper, darker, descent.
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Absolutely.
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Therrin
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North of Chicago, IL
Gender: Male
*Therrin puts on the penguin-suit
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<Reply # 50 on 11/7/2010 8:08 AM >
| | | | I'm not sure how we'd possibly go deeper. If there's a deeper hole out there though, I'd like to get to the bottom of it.
oh btw... ITS NOT GALENA, ITS STIBNITE!!!
Which means those shiny heavy rocks we brought back are antimony, not silver. The structure, scratch test, appearance, and everything else are VERY similar. But galena has a very noticeable cubic structure.
I met up with the geo professor over at the college today, and we compared it to other known samples from the lab pull out trays. The stibnite sample matches it PERFECTLY, even to the reddish coloring of the surrounding stuff on it. While you could tell the galena *looks* similar, but is definitely more cubic.
I donated a sample, and they added it to the collection and marked where it came from.
Looks like the geo proff and I are going out mine-hunting maybe next weekend!
Give a person a match and they'll be warm for a minute, but light them on fire and they'll be warm for the rest of their life. =) |
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/-/ooligan
 
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Las Vegas area
Gender: Male
When in danger, when in doubt, RUN IN CIRCLES, SCREAM AND SHOUT!
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<Reply # 51 on 11/8/2010 1:09 AM >
| | | | Wow, you guys are awesome.
One suggestion though: I'd minimize any talk about dynamite, especially in conjunction with where it is, or else a bored Joint Terrorism Task Force could decide to come talk to you.
The muslim terrorists would have to be pretty stupid to salvage old dynamite from mines, but guess what -- they're mostly pretty stupid. This same sort of concern is why some Army Corps of Engineers records about long-closed military sites have been pulled off the net -- because they mapped out where old, unexploded ordnance had been spotted.
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Therrin
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Gender: Male
*Therrin puts on the penguin-suit
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<Reply # 52 on 11/8/2010 4:04 AM >
| | | | Posted by /-/ooligan
Wow, you guys are awesome.
One suggestion though: I'd minimize any talk about dynamite, especially in conjunction with where it is, or else a bored Joint Terrorism Task Force could decide to come talk to you
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*Therrin gestures at the interwebz as a whole and says, "Bring it" *
Any cops or Homeland Security dudes (or even gals, preferably hot ones) wanna know where 3 sticks of literally 100 year old dynamite is, I'd be happy to tell you. In fact, I'd even be happy to show you. You have my IP, feel free to contact me.
My guess... they have far worse things to be spending 8 hrs worth of round trip, about 3/4 mile walk inside a mountain, and down several levels to a few hundred feet underground... for 3 lousy sticks who's grease has probably evaporated long ago, as it's known to do over time.
Over "time", it becomes unstable. Over SHITLOADS of time, it dissipates, leaks out, sinks into the dirt evaporates, etc. I'm not saying I'd put it in my mouth for a picture (like ONE guy I heard of), but still. Gimme a break dude.
| The muslim terrorists would have to be pretty stupid to salvage old dynamite from mines, but guess what -- they're mostly pretty stupid. |
Was it stupidity that allowed a coordinated attack using passenger airplanes from different areas to strike a massive blow against the USA which claimed thousands of lives?
I'd imagine they'd be far more interested in military grade UXO than the picture we posted.
j/s
Give a person a match and they'll be warm for a minute, but light them on fire and they'll be warm for the rest of their life. =) |
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DesertRatMatt
location:
San Diego
Gender: Male
San Diego Mine Explorers
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<Reply # 53 on 11/10/2010 10:07 PM >
| | | | Posted by robk700
What a great time!!! Though it turned out to be a smaller crowd, it resulted in a more intimate gathering where we were not rushed and could easily change the itinerary. Calico and Tecopa turned out to be our main explorations. There is video of me knocking my head into a cieling and bouncing backwards onto the floor that will sure to be released shortly.
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Sorry guys, I just found this thread! Silly me. I uploaded my pics to my Photobucket page: http://s679.photob...ndLegacy/allalbums
See Columbia Nmbr 2, Grant and Noonday, and War Eagle albums.
My internet's been super-slow this week, so the videos are taking forever to upload. Here's what I have so far:
War Eagle: http://www.youtube...atch?v=toI2rk4wP8w
Grant Interview: http://www.youtube...atch?v=pGtv9mbJu8c
Noonday 1: http://www.youtube...atch?v=ccvpVEaw614
Noonday 2: http://www.youtube...atch?v=lxHdJ3_PIzA
Still waiting on Noonday Cave System and Columbia vids! Damn slow interweb! Ill post links when they're up.
Oh yea, and I do have the head bashing video Rob, it's hilarious. Will post soon. GREAT trip guys!!
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DesertRatMatt
location:
San Diego
Gender: Male
San Diego Mine Explorers
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<Reply # 54 on 11/10/2010 10:13 PM >
| | | | Posted by robk700
Anyone up for Mojave 5, deeper, darker, descent.
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Hell yea! Let's do it Rob. I wouldn't mind squeezing back down the Columbia shaft for more mine goodness. I KNOW it's on the top of your list!
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robk700
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Los Angeles / D.C.
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 55 on 11/11/2010 10:44 AM >
| | | | Great stuff Matt. You have to post me nearly getting knocked out cold. That was a first and I even laugh at it.
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Dav
location:
Los Angeles, CA
Gender: Male
Like fun, but different.
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<Reply # 56 on 11/11/2010 6:33 PM >
| | | | Thanks for sharing Matt! It was fun too see myself in the War Eagle. I may have missed it in all the noonday footage - is the cave in there somewhere?
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Therrin
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North of Chicago, IL
Gender: Male
*Therrin puts on the penguin-suit
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<Reply # 57 on 11/12/2010 1:31 AM >
| | | | The cave connects the the east underground workings of the Noonday, but the actual cave is located in the north end of the wash that runs under the tressle, behind Noonday on the east side.
Give a person a match and they'll be warm for a minute, but light them on fire and they'll be warm for the rest of their life. =) |
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DesertRatMatt
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San Diego
Gender: Male
San Diego Mine Explorers
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<Reply # 58 on 11/12/2010 1:54 AM >
| | | | I think Dav was talking about the cave video, and yes, it's coming. It's a separate video. And Rob's head smashing video will be up soon as well! I have to admit, it's pretty funny.
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