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Heading Out For My Annual Desert Walk-About

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Thanks! I actually felt like I was there for a few minutes. A nice distraction. What did the raw silver and lead ore look like? I am curious.
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What a wonderful adventure you had! Great pics, thanks for sharing those.
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What did the raw silver and lead ore look like?


I'm a rockhound from all my years living in AZ ... so we had to of course divert across a deep canyon to visit the Tenstrike Mine ... worked from 1912 to 1954 and produced a number of minerals including lead, silver, gold and others.

The lead was in the form of heavy mineral in the native rock ... the silver was a lucky find as native silver bands in some quartz that I bashed open with my 4-pound rock pick ... who else carries a 4-pound hammer on a long hike? LOL

Here is a photo of the mine ... halfway down the canyon approach ...

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Difficult to obtain photos of both of us on the hike ... but here we are with my 10 second timer ... sandy wash on day #2 ...

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My thanks to all who have relied to this post ... great fun disconnecting for 6 days ... and I'm pleased to be back with you sharing as can.

David
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Thanks for the photo's! now..that's a getaway!
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