Granite weathering away.
Daily Walks - 2
Here we are! This is the oldest continuously mined vein of quartz in the area. It was used by the NAI, to make their arrowheads. In the 1880's the prospectors and first pioneers came out here. While that is gold bearing quartz, in those days it wouldn't have been profitable for them to mine it. Not to mention the damage it would have done. They did try to work it for a short time, then gave it up. It is the reason we were invited to participate in last summers' Independence Day Parade. I had a blast, I dressed in period costume and practiced my regal wave from the back of a tractor drawn passenger wagon. LOL! It was fun.
The reason I have referred to it as the silica mine, is because that's what DH's Grandmother called it. Silica and quartz are basically the same thing. LOL!
Doesn't look like much does it?
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