Silver Crater Mine – Bancroft, originally uploaded by Mic2006. I paid my $2 at the house of the landowner whose property I had to cross and then headed off into the woods. I’d heard that the path to the mine was about 4 miles long (it was not), but possibly longer, and the route was [...]
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Silver Crater Mine – Bancroft
Posted in abandoned, abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, adventure in Ontario, Adventures, Bancroft, Bancroft gemboree, Buy The Book, Canada, Caves, collecting rocks near Bancroft, Education, environment, exploration, geography, geology, industrial archeology, Interesting, My Book, my life, nature, Nature/Outdoors, ontario, Ontario geography, Ontario Underground, Ontario's geography, Ontario's geology, Photography, photos, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, strange places, underground, underground Ontario, urban exploration, wierd, tagged abandoned mines, Bancroft, betafite, minerals in Ontario, radioactive rocks and minerals, rockhounding in Ontario, rocks and minerals on August 25, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Croft Mine – Abandoned Ontario Uranium Mine
Posted in abandoned, abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, adventure in Ontario, Adventures, backpacking, bizzare, books, Buy The Book, Canada, collecting rocks near Bancroft, Education, environment, exploration, feldspar, gemology, gems, gemstones, geography, geology, guelph, Hamilton, health, health and safety, hiking, history, industrial archeology, Interesting, Life, looking for gems, mine, mines in northern Ontario, My Book, my life, mystery, nature, Nature/Outdoors, ontario, Ontario geography, Ontario Underground, Ontario's geography, Ontario's geology, Personal, Photography, photos, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, strange places, underground, underground Ontario, urban exploration, tagged Abandoned mine in ontario, abandoned mines in Ontario, collecting rocks near Bancroft Ontario, Croft Mine, finding the Croft Uranium mine, mine in Ontario, Mines near Bancroft Ontario, mining in Ontario, old mines in Ontario, rock collecting in Ontario, rockhounding in Ontario, uranium mines in Ontario, uranium mines near Bancroft, where to find crystals in Ontario, where to find minerals in ontario on January 15, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Finding the Croft Uranium Mine – Ontario Between 1953 and 1955 Croft Uranium Mines worked the area for radioactive minerals. They found betafite, uranite, uranothorite, allanite and pyrochlore. Their appearance is flagged in the pegmatite by a dark red color and quartz that has darkened to a grayish-black. There are also said to be small [...]
Tunnel in Abandoned Ontario Gold Mine
Posted in abandoned, abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, Adventures, Bancroft, Bancroft gemboree, Canada, Caves, collecting rocks near Bancroft, Education, environment, exploration, geography, geology, gold, gold mining, history, industrial archeology, Interesting, mine, mines in northern Ontario, My Book, my life, nature, Nature/Outdoors, ontario, Ontario Underground, Ontario's geology, panning for gold, Personal, Photography, photos, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, strange places, tunnels, underground, underground Ontario, urban exploration, vacation, tagged exploring in Ontario, looking for gold, mines in Ontario, Ontario geology, Ontario Gold Mine, prospecting in Ontario, rockhounding in Ontario on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Quartz seam in which the gold was found is pushed up against the rock face. Abandoned Ontario Gold Mine Looking in from the entrance of the mine, this tunnel leads on for a short distance. The granite headwall against which the quartz seam seems pushed appears on the right. Further back in the valley [...]
Shaft to down Below
Posted in abandoned, abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, adventure in Ontario, Adventures, Bancroft, Bancroft gemboree, Buy The Book, Canada, Caves, exploration, gemology, gems, gemstones, geography, geology, gold, gold mining, industrial archeology, Interesting, my life, mystery, nature, Nature/Outdoors, ontario, Ontario Underground, Ontario's geology, panning for gold, Personal, Photography, photos, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, strange places, tunnels, underground, underground Ontario, tagged finding gold, geology of Ontario, gold in Ontario, rock collecting, rock in ontario, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Gold Bearing Quartz vein Finding gold in Ontario There are supposedly over 9000 abandoned mines known to exist in Ontario – shafts, caverns and tunnels, many collapsing, unstable or traps within which poisonous gases settle. At this mine the granite hillside is undercut. Here a fallen boulder, streaking in oxidizing mineral residue, partially blocks a [...]
Abandoned Mine Tour – Colonial Mine – Cobalt
Posted in abandoned, abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, adventure in Ontario, Adventures, Bancroft gemboree, bizzare, books, Buy The Book, Canada, Cobalt, collecting rocks near Bancroft, crazy things, environment, exploration, gemology, gems, gemstones, geography, geology, history, industrial archeology, Interesting, Life, looking for gems, mine, mines in northern Ontario, My Book, 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, silver, silver mines, strange places, Travel, tunnels, underground, underground Ontario, urban exploration, vacation, wierd, tagged abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, industrial archeology, rock collecting, rock collecting in Ontario, rockhound, rockhounding in Ontario, rocks and gems, rocks in Ontario, silver, silver mines, underground, urban exploration on October 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Whats under Cobalt P1020263, originally uploaded by Mic2006. I just got back from Cobalt last night, it was a long drive – 6 hours. While in Cobalt I took an abandoned mine tour. Its a service offered by the local museum – well worth doing if you like that kind of thing. This here is [...]
Abandoned Dwyer Fluorite Mine
Posted in abandoned, abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, Bancroft gemboree, bizzare, collecting rocks near Bancroft, crystals, environment, gemology, gems, gemstones, geography, geology, industrial archeology, Interesting, Life, looking for gems, mine, mines in northern Ontario, My Book, 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, tagged abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, geology of Ontario, rock collecting, rock collecting in Ontario, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, rocks and minerals on September 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I thought I had made a new discovery P1010863, originally uploaded by Mic2006. I noticed this blocked up mine and an interesting scar above it when I was travelling along Old Mumford Road after an unsucessful attempt to find the Tripp Nu-age mine. I thought that I had found a new area for collecting rocks [...]
fluor – richterite; its pretty rare and amazing orthoclase
Posted in adventure in Ontario, articles, Bancroft gemboree, bizzare, books, Canada, collecting rocks near Bancroft, crazy things, crystals, Education, environment, exploration, feldspar, fluor-richterite, gemology, gems, gemstones, geography, geology, hiking, Interesting, looking for gems, my life, mystery, nature, Nature/Outdoors, ontario, Ontario's geology, pegmatite, Photography, photos, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, science, strange places, Travel, wierd, tagged crystals, feldspar, fluor-richterite, gem, minerals, orthoclase, rock and mineral, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario on September 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Just scattered in the woods so densely you can hardly walk without standing on a crystal P1020064, originally uploaded by Mic2006. Check out these orthoclase feldspar crystals – or at least my guide told me they were orthoclase crystals. I have not had the chance to verify this. I met an interesting gent who runs [...]
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 [...]
The Bancroft Gemboree
Posted in Adventures, articles, Bancroft gemboree, beading, books, Buy The Book, Canada, collecting rocks near Bancroft, crystals, culture, Education, environment, Family Stuff, gemology, gems, gemstones, geography, Interesting, Life, looking for gems, My Book, my life, ontario, Photography, photos, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems, rocks in Ontario, trade, Travel, travel writing, tagged Add new tag, Bancroft, Bancroft gemboree, festivals, gems, ontario, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario on July 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »
An experience of the northern rockhound culture gemboree1 008, originally uploaded by Mic2006. Ontario rockhounds look forward to the Bancroft Gemboree, it is the biggest rock and gem show in Canada. I have taken a week off work to attend the gemboree and visit various rock collecting sites up in that area. In my book (as [...]
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