Abandoned mine in Quebec – Bristol Mine P1020339, originally uploaded by Mic2006. Had an interesting time last weekend. I went to see the old abandoned Bristol Mine along the banks of the Ottawa River. The “town” of bristol mines still exists and the old mine property is still obvious for its enormous heaps tailings. Bristol [...]
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The near-abandoned Bristol Mine
Posted in abandoned, abandoned mines, Adventures, Bancroft gemboree, books, Buy The Book, Canada, collecting rocks near Bancroft, environment, exploration, geography, geology, gold, gold mining, hiking, industrial archeology, Interesting, Life, looking for gems, mine, my life, nature, Nature/Outdoors, Personal, Photography, photos, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, Rocks & Gems, rocks and minerals, rockwatching, strange places, Travel, tagged Abandoned Mine, collecting minerals, gold, outdoors, Quebec, rock and mineral, rockhound, rockhounding, Travel on December 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The Abandoned Harcourt Graphite Mine near Bancroft
Posted in abandoned, abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, accident, adventure in Ontario, Adventures, Bancroft gemboree, bizzare, books, Buy The Book, Canada, caves in Ontario, Caving in Ontario, collecting rocks near Bancroft, crazy things, creepy places, culture, economics, Education, environment, exploration, gemology, gems, gemstones, geography, geology, history, industrial archeology, Interesting, Life, mine, mines in northern Ontario, my life, mystery, nature, Nature/Outdoors, ontario, Ontario's geology, Personal, Photography, photos, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems, rocks in Ontario, strange places, Travel, tunnels, underground, underground Ontario, urban exploration, wierd, tagged abandoned, Abandoned Mine, abandoned mines in Ontario, collecting minerals, exploring, mineral, mines in northern Ontario, Northern Ontario, rock and mineral, rockhounding, underground, urban exploration on September 27, 2008 | 19 Comments »
Abandoned Mine in Northern Ontario P1010856, originally uploaded by Mic2006. I had one heck of a time finding the Harcourt Graphite Mine, following directions from an old guide book only to discover that the directions were wrong. Simply put, the mine is only about 150 meters off highway 648 – just outside Harcourt. Being densely [...]
Natural Silver Wire
Posted in abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, adventure in Ontario, Bancroft gemboree, Canada, Cobalt, collecting rocks near Bancroft, environment, exploration, gemology, gems, gemstones, geography, geology, history, Interesting, looking for gems, mine, mines in northern Ontario, Nature/Outdoors, ontario, Ontario's geology, Personal, Photography, photos, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems, rocks in Ontario, silver, silver mines, Travel, tagged Bancroft, Bancroft gemboree, collecting minerals, gem show, natural silver wire, ontario, raw silver, rock and gem, rock and mineral show, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, silver on August 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Raw silver found as wire – sold at the Bancroft Gemboree P1010606, originally uploaded by Mic2006. If you want it you can find it at the Bancroft Gemboree. Yeah – they look like fletched arrow spines, barbs on fish hooks or just poorly made hooks but as the vendor explained, they are naturally occuring pieces [...]
Pink Buddhas a hot commodity at the Bancroft Gemboree?
Posted in Bancroft gemboree, beading, bizzare, Caves, collecting rocks near Bancroft, crystals, Family Stuff, gemology, gems, gemstones, Interesting, looking for gems, my life, Nature/Outdoors, ontario, Photography, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems, rocks in Ontario, sculpture, Travel, tagged Add new tag, Bancroft, Bancroft gemboree, collecting minerals, gems, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bancroft Gemboree 2008 P1010580, originally uploaded by Mic2006. This lady was selling pink buddhas at the Bancroft Gemboree. I have just got back from spending the weekend there and I have taken a number of interesting photos of the people and the minerals that were being sold. This was the first person that I saw [...]
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