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FIELD TRIP FOR January  An Official Field Trip of the High Point Gem and Mineral Club (Host) Saturday, January 8, 2005
Where: James Bowers Limonite Prospect, Aquadale (Norwood), NC When: Saturday, January 8th, 2005
Information: Meet at James Harold Bower’s brick house (just past the school) at (8:30 a.m.) and find out where to park. For any information or directions please do not call Mr. Bowers. Contact the HPGMC. We do not need to unnecessarily disturb Mr. Bowers. This information is for emergencies only! Tools and Conditions: This is a fee-based prospect and collectors are asked to pay $5.00 each. Bring the usual quarry supplies: drinking water, food, eye protection, rock pick, chisels, pry bars, crack hammer, wrapping paper, and containers, gloves and sturdy boots, and snacks. Cubes may be found on low, muddy water floored holes and requires picks or mattocks to break into the saprolitic, but hard, matrix rock. The best clusters, with cubes up to 2 ½" on an edge, are found by digging. Similarly cubes and clusters are plentiful on the surface. There are no stores nearby. A screen or sieve may be helpful. Important: DO NOT PARK AT THE TIRE PLANT. Also, if you have crossed a second set of railroad tracks, you have gone too far. Greg Hall, President
"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!" |