Recent content by minengr

Lots of hidden Gems scattered across the Shawnee. Cave-in-Rock, Garden of the Gods, Ponds Hollow, Bell Smith Springs, Trig Tower, Stoneface, Glen L. Jones Lake are the few off the top of my head within 45 min of me in the Eastern portion. Many more places like snake road, Cache River, and...

Next year, you'll need to do this a week later. Next weekend is the first ever Shawnee Sasquatch Festival. https://www.shawneesasquatch.com/

Let me expand on my other post. Most of my experience in the mining industry has been with underground coal. However, I also spent a little over a year in the Environmental Department at a large surface gold mine in Central NV. I spent some time dealing with permits, but I am far from an...

Saw that. I wouldn't worry too much. I can't see a permit for a heap leach operation getting approved in that part of CA.

Wish I could make it, especially since your final stop is about 25 mi from the house.

My other toy

Well, um, I bought my future rig new. It's a 2001 ZR2 Blazer. It was my daily driver for 10+ years and I've got around 175k on it. Sadly, it has mostly been parked in the driveway rusting for the past five years. I'm hoping to begin restoration/repair/building by the end of the year.

Have you been to Belmont? Lived in Round Mountain forever ago. Tonopah was the closest McDonald's, an hour away.

With a degree in Mining Engineering (and enough geology classes I could have had a minor), I've got more rocks than I care to admit. Never made it there when I lived out that way, but I heard good things about Garnet Mt. near Ely NV. I did get some fluorite from Gabbs, NV and some turquoise...

Harrisburg for now. Have also called DuQuoin, Springfield, Urbana, and Chrisman home.