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IMG_2532, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
Found these wierd little stumps growing up at the entrance to a cave this winter. It was quite difficult climbing in to the tunnel without damaging the subject [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2006 | 4 Comments »
Greetings Bloggers! Though it departs from my regular routine of natural wonders and unusual travels I feel the need to “Hang the laundry out” so to speak, an airing of greviences, Mick versus the establishment. I have over the last little while struggled to maintain my self esteem in the wake of a rising tide [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2006 | 1 Comment »
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Originally uploaded by Mic2006.
The river is wide and fast here and the guides spent some time navigating the craft through the maze of hidden sandbars. Palms and tall grasses hung well out from the river banks, the locals looked really poor.
Not far from where the Sarapique crosses over [...]
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IMG_1954
Originally uploaded by Mic2006.
The Saxons believed that there was an evil little dwarf that skulked around in the dark recesses of their silver mines. They called him a Kobalt. Any form of mischief was blamed on the dwarf. When the silver yield began to decline the miners said [...]
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Originally uploaded by Mic2006.
This is the breached entrance to an abandoned silver mine near Cobalt. I had suspected some sort of entrace by the debris lying all around the base of the clifface but it was not until I climbed the precipice that I found this gaping portal [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2006 | 2 Comments »
IMG_2027
Originally uploaded by Mic2006.
This is a lump of high grade silver ore found on the mine dumps around Cobalt. The silver here is invariably mixed to a greater or lesser extent with the element cobalt. It is the paucity of this material that dictates the silver yield. The [...]
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