Mining adventures

Exploring some mining areas both locally and out of state. This location in  Newbury, was the first mine in Massachusetts. Now overgrown caves in conservation areas, we could only locate one section of the mine, we could not find the other area in the thick forest.

                                                     Caves blasted out of the rock face.

                                                          Casey excavating a mining hole

                                                       Kirkland looking for specimens 

                                                     Serpentine, one of the minerals found at the Devil's Den

 Casey and I took a short adventure to Maine. We mined an old Mica mine in the state forest.  This specimen contains; Garnet, Black Tourmaline,  Quartz and Smoky Quartz. Casey and I dug through some of the blast dumps ( areas dynamited when the mines were open) also we excavated areas some new locations. This area has large Quartz deposits, along with lots of Mica and various types of Tourmaline. 

                                  Matrix with a Black Tourmaline growing through it.