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looking down the abandoned shaft deep into the earth
IMG_1286, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
On my hunt for zircon in the Bancroft area I managed to find this old mine that had reputedly unearthed some pretty interesting mineral specimens – many of which were said to be radioactive – some of which are reported to have been [...]
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