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FIELD TRIP FOR AUGUST 2001  "Field Trips are open to all members of associated clubs of the DMC program of the SFMS Field Trip Committee and to all members of SFMS member clubs who have provided their membership with SFMS liability insurance. Because of insurance requirements, members of the GENERAL PUBLIC are NOT invited on this or any DMC program field trips!" |
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DIXIE MINERAL COUNCIL FIELD TRIP Diamond Hill Mine 9:00 AM - Saturday, August 4, 2001 Antreville, Abbeville County, SC (FEE AREA) Pets must be on a leash. This is a fee site! The mine is located near the little town of Antreville. We will meet Mr. Jack Browning (owner of the mine) at Crawford's store to collect the fees. From the store meeting place we will go on to the mine. The cost is $10.00 for adults, $7.00 for children between the ages 6 - 12 and children under 6 get in free. If you like, you probably can hunt on Sunday the 5th as well. What you can
expect to find: This is a quartz mine and there is still plenty of
Quartz to be found there mostly of the yard rock or the cabinet specimen
variety. Most common are gray, milky-smoky quartz and skeletal(secondary
growth) white quartz. Less frequent are amethyst and high-quality
smoky quartz.
Bring: Lunch and plenty of water! Sunscreen might help too as the digging area is mostly in the open. Meet: 9:00 AM at Crawford's Country Store, Antreville, SC. Directions: From Columbia, S.C. - Take US 378 to Saluda. In Saluda, get on Highway 178 through Greenwood. Then get on Hwy 72 to Abbeville. In Abbeville, take SC 28 north to Antreville. At the intersection of Highways 184 and SC 28 is Crawford's Country Store. SC 28 comes out of Augusta, Ga. Meet there at 9:00 AM.
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