Ed T wrote
As if my orange lead ore can be from El Naranjal...Shoot...If it really is...Do ya'll think that I'd be selling it so darned cheap Oh...I forgot...It is no longer for sale...You'd be surprised at what a person can buy at rock shops...hehehe
Have you looked into the mining history of Durango amigo? There are several lost mines in the mountains to hunt for, not to mention the long-abandoned but NOT lost ones, which have produced millions in silver and gold. I am sorry that I could not purchase your ore specimens, we are on a rather tight budget at the moment with a number of other things demanding money before I can spend on some ore specimens. I hope you
will change your mind about selling a few pieces in the future though.
Real de Tayopa el Tropical Tramp wrote
So Naranjal hasn't been found with the clues existent,then it must be somewhere else .no?
Now it just so happens that we have a closed up Gold mine in a deep canyon with a mesa up on top, that has orange colored Gold that was forced to close it during the revolution of the early 1800"s,and whose owner was a Spaniard. Coincidence ??
It has orange trees, and a cave full of Gold Bars.
In fact the Guayjiro Indian, Benito, found it and kept it secret all his life, only removing enough gold to live comfortably. I made friends with him and he confirmed the story, When ever he left he was followed, but he soon lost his trackers, He is now dead
He did give me one important clue.
So do ya spose" It lies in one of the Tayopa barrancas,
Speaking of Oirish coffee and stubborn mules - I have to point out that virtually all of the sources on El Naranjal place it in the border regions of Sinaloa/Durango,
not far north in Tayopa country. Looks like a case of Tayopa 'funnel vision' striking again!
Ed T wrote
Shoot Don Jose...It almost seems that you are trying to tell us that El Naranjal and Tayopa jest may be one and the same...If so...I'll leave it up to ya'll to continue the search for the ever elusive Tayopa and El Naranjal...
I have decided to sneak on up to Reno one of these days and visit me a chicken ranch...hehehe Who knows... I jest may get lucky and find me a herkimer diamond...Or a nice sweet timid burro that I can take with me on an adventurous romp through the hills... LOL
Perhaps you did not notice it, but our amigo Don Jose the lover of mules, is no longer
looking for Tayopa, as he found it and claimed it some time ago. Hence he does not go searching for it. He has not yet fully opened Tayopa, but what I have seen of the workings, there is little doubt that he has the right spot. Now as to El Naranjal, more in a moment.
Don Jose de la Mancha wrote
hi Ed a bit of Oirish nectar in yer coffee:
Nah, they are not the same, they lie approxinaty 2000 meters apart.
The suspected mine is to the west, almost on the Sonora Border which happens to be the crest of the Sierra Obscuro
While you are there enjoy one of the primitive Oranges.
I think this proposed El Naranjal-in-Chihuahua you are referring to, may well be a quite
different mine; ran across a brief reference to a gold mine and hacienda that may be your site, have been trying to find that source again so as to post it for you. As to those half-wild oranges - sheesh you want to make us
pucker up too?
Don Jose el Dueno de Real de Tayopa wrote
+"AY Chihuahua," You keep mentioning Durango, while a beautiful state, it is not the home to El Naranjal, tis in Chihuhua
Something about you can lead s mule too water but --------
Hmm seems that
most of us have a touch of that trouble don't we?
Ed T wrote
Well Don Jose...You know where your version of El Naranjal is located...And I know where my version is located, roughly at least...Like I mentioned earlier...I am not even quite certain that the location I visited is truly El Naranjal...The ore is not orange stained quartz as ya'll have seen... It is some dingy limestone...
After all...We all know that there is no way that my version of El Naranjal could be located in the Hermosillo area... Right
Or so I have been told...LOL
I sure hope that none of ya'll are kicking yourselves in ya'lls behinds for not buying any of my El Naranjal specimens when they were on the market... Who knows Maybe in a year or so I'll offer one again... But if I were ya'll... I would not hold my breath... For if I would do such a thing I would not be a man of my word... Didn't I make it perfectly clear that I would not offer them for sale on eBay again hehehe Oh well...Que Sera Sera...
If only I knew those hills as well as those I paid the thousand dollars too...Sigh...
Sorry about
not being able to take advantage of your ore specimens offered for sale, explained above; as to not being a man of his word, it is only a sign of wisdom to be able and willing to change your mind after careful consideration of every aspect of things. On the other hand, if you
NEVER plan to ever return to that mine, then it
would be wise to hang onto your ore specimens since you won't be able to
ever get any more.
I don't know if this was posted before, but a great book on the mines of northern Mexico (including Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora) is online (free) at
Border States of Mexico: Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua and Durango: With a ... - Leonidas Le Cenci Hamilton - Google Books
Don't let me interrupt you, please do continue;
Will try to pop in later this evening though.
Oroblanco
Maybe some strong black cowboy coffee would be in order here, rather than that er, um, shall we call it "flavored" Oirish kind?