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		<title>Rock Hound Run Report 11-8-07 to 11-11-07</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 06:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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Thanks Dick, baby is 3 weeks old and SHE   is doing fine.  Having to get used to 4am feedings again but all worth it!  

Hi Gary hope your life is going  well, new baby and all. Here is the trip report from my last trip and a link to  the video I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Field Trip- Ocean View Mine, Pala Gem Mining District, CA</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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DIGFORGEMS.COM - your link to
The Oceanview Mine &#8211; The Last REAL Operating Gem Mine
In the World Renowned Pala Gem Mining District
Chief Mountain, Pala, San Diego County, California
Your one stop source for tours, specimens, jewelry, cutting rough, faceted stones 
Thanks Teresa for letting me post this excellent article!
This morning, bright and early, I joined internet faceter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Benitoite Gem Mine story and information by Jay Bates</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2007 05:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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Down All the Days   By Jay Bates
The mist hung on the hills,  wafting in a cold wind blowing down the Diablo Range. We four huddled around our  screens and kept moving to hold the in-creeping cold at abeyance. We were  screening for that mythical gemstone benitoite. We were washing the dirt off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>reader tells about her trip to the Royal Peacock Mine in the Virgin Valley</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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The opals were dug at the Royal Peacock Mine in the Virgin Valley.  The  vacation was planned after watching a show on the Travel Channel about where to  find treasure in America.  We didn&#8217;t pump ourselves up about really finding  anything.  It just looked like fun.  I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OREGON/IDAHO-PICTURE JASPER, PLUME AGATES, THUNDEREGGS, limbcast, GEOLOGY OF OREGON</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BLUE MOUNTAIN JASPER ROUGH.
&#8220;THE GOOSE,&#8221; WT. 1.3 LBS
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST HAS ALWAYS BEEN RICH IN A DIVERSE SELECTION OF MINERALS, ROCKS, GEMSTONES, A ROCKHOUNDER&#8217;S HEAVEN!!! OREGON HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST JASPER AND AGATE DEPOSITS IN THE UNITED STATES.
THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THIS PAGE IS TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE PEOPLE WHO DISCOVERED THESE DEPOSITS, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The history of Biggs Jasper, DESCHUTES PICTURE JASPER, Oregon.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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 THIS IS A BONAFIDE CHRONILOGICAL HISTORY OF BIGGS JASPERS AND SOME OF THE RESPECTED AND HONORABLE MINERS INVOLVED.
BIGGS PICTURE JASPER AND THE DISCOVERY THEREOF PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE LAPIDARY FIELD. MANY A LAPIDARIST WOULD NOT BE INVOLVED WITH THIS FINE HOBBY IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THEIR AWE [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rockhound VIDEO! Coon Hollow Camp Ground &amp; Bradshaw trail-Roosevelt mine &amp; Limonite Cubes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ This is Coon Hollow camp ground and a short trip to a couple of mines, one had a road that was really rough as you will see.  Just off Wiley&#8217;s Well Road, see the video taking you on the road to all the mines.

Run report for the Rock Hound pre-run 9-22-06 thru 9-25-06 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hauser Geode Beds(The Potato Patch)- Thundereggs/Nodules, Jasper, Pastelite, Rhyolite, and Agate</title>
		<link>http://rockhoundblog.com/regular-postings/hauser-geode-bedsthe-potato-patch-thundereggsnodules-jasper-pastelite-rhyolite-and-agate/</link>
		<comments>http://rockhoundblog.com/regular-postings/hauser-geode-bedsthe-potato-patch-thundereggsnodules-jasper-pastelite-rhyolite-and-agate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2006 08:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hauser Geode Beds
By Delmer G. Ross
 Professor of History, La Sierra University

     The dull thud of picks, the crunch-swish of shovels, the tink-plink of rock hammers, and the occasional delighted, “I found a nice one!” all help to mark the location of the Hauser Geode Beds on an early spring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wiley&#8217;s Well Trip Report 2006 Part 2 of 2 , Thanks Eva! Rockhounding, Geology</title>
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		<comments>http://rockhoundblog.com/regular-postings/wileys-well-trip-report-2006-part-2-of-2-thanks-eva-rockhounding-geology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now, I was getting tired and some people had already headed back to camp.  With no
other dogs around and few people, I let Sesame Pooch off the leash and she raced over the
crusty rhyolite hills with glee.  If only I could have stolen some of her energy!  The biggest
diggings area was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cannonball Hill Missouri &#8211; RoundRock story &#8211; meteor impact site ?</title>
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		<comments>http://rockhoundblog.com/regular-postings/cannonball-hill-missouri-roundrock-story-meteor-impact-site/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 01:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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What is it about dense, heavy spheres found deep in the forest that compells me to carry them through the heat and bugs and throw them in piles?

We have three piles o’rocks in the forest at Roundrock, and depending on where the find the stones, we schlepp them to one of the piles. Or we [...]]]></description>
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