TWO SIGNS LEFT TO I.D. MINE, AS SPANISH, FRENCH, OR JESUIT.

[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

HEY SHELDON J,

YES, I AM WELL VERSED ON THE USE OF TREE MARKERS, INDIAN AND OTHERS.

THIS ONE ISN'T IN A SWAMP. IF FOLLOWED BLINDLY, IT WILL LEAD YOU OVER A BLUFF AND
THEN UP ANOTHER ONE ON THE FAR SIDE OF A VALLEY.

IT POINTS AWAY FROM THE CLOSEST WATER SUPPLY.

IT JUST DOESN'T ADD UP WELL.

IT DOES LEAD TO SEVERAL OTHER MARKERS THAT ARE NOT INDIAN MARKS.

THANKS FOR THE INPUT.

PROSPECTORMIKEL

 

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[rangler]

Micheal,
I forgot to post that the Z sign in some cases means 'pozo'...
food for thought - as the spainish had little use for zinc as far as ?I know..
rangler

 

[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

THANKS RANGLER,

DO YOU KNOW IF THE, POZO "Z" HAS ANY SLASH (CROSS) MARKS, LIKE THE ONE ON THE BLUFF.
I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE ONE THAT MEANS POZO THAT YOU KNOW OF. SO FAR I HAVE FOUND (WITH A LOT OF HELP FROM MY TN FRIENDS) THREE MEANINGS FROM TWO SIGN VARIATIONS. IF CROSSED ON THE CENTER LINE IT INDICATES FIRE. IF CROSSED AT THE LOWEST PART OF THE Z, IT CAN MEAN JUPITER OR ZINC.

IF THE ONE THAT MEANS POZO HAS A SLASH MARK ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE LETTER, THEN IT MEANS THAT THE POZO IS 200 "MEASUREMENTS" FROM THE BLUFF, (IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SIGMA SIGN) OR IT MEANS FIRE AND THE SUM OF ALL.

MY ORIGINAL SUPPOSITION ABOUT THE ZINC WAS INCORRECT.
I THOUGHT THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN JUST A SIMPLE MISSPLACEMENT OF THE SLASH MARK. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT THESE MARKS WERE MADE BY VERY EDUCATED AND DISCIPLINED MEN AND THAT EACH MARK HAS A SPECIFIC MEANING.

I HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT EATING CROW IS A LITTLE BETTER IF ONE COOKS IT FOR ONE'S SELF, AND A LITTLE COFFEE HELPS TO GET IT DOWN.

THANKS

MIKEL

 

[Old Dog]

a little mustard helps. ... LOL
sometimes the wholen thing is pure redundany.

 

[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

HOWDY, OLD DOG,

SHOULD I TAKE THAT ADVICE WITH A PINCH OF SALT?
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, CROWS LOOK A LOT MORE EDIBLE THAN TURKEYS.

THOSE THREE SIGNS JUST DON'T WANT TO COOPERATE.

I GOOGLED "POZO SYMBOL" AND CAME ACROSS AN ODD IMAGE. I WILL TRY TO POST IT.
YOU GUYS LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. TAKE A CLOSE LOOK.


MIKEL

 

[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

I KNOW THAT I SHOULDN'T GET UPSET WITH A LAND OWNER, BUT I WAS ON GOOGLE EARTH LAST NIGHT LOOKING AT MY SITE AND IT WAS UPDATED LATE LAST YEAR, AND ABOUT 1/3 OF THE SITE HAS BEEN DOZED!
I AM SO GLAD THAT I HAVE THE DATA SAVED IN MY GPS AND LAPTOP. HE DIDN'T GET THE MINE OPENING UNLESS HE DID IT AFTER THE GOOGLE UP-DATE. ON THE OTHER HAND.... HE DOES HAVE A DOZER!

I HAVE TO GET OUT THERE AND TALK TO HIM... IT MIGHT BE TIME TO OPEN THE MINE IF HE BELIEVES AS I DO ABOUT DEALING WITH POSSIBLE GRAVE YARD. IF HE DOESN'T WANT TO HAVE A REPRESTATIVE OF THE TRIBE THERE, IT WILL MEAN THAT THE MINE STAYS CLOSED.

I WOULD LOVE TO FIND OUT THAT THE MINE IS CIVIL WAR RELATED, BUT I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH HOPE FOR THAT.


MIKEL

 

[Shortstack]

If that guy goes into the mine area with his dozer; screwing around, he will get EXACTLY what he's asking for and he will NOT like it. Murdered spirits in that mine area will mess with him big time. That's why anyone going into a site that even MIGHT have native souls there, should get advice and help from a native Shaman in aiding the spirits to find rest. If not, those spirits will have a "target" to take out their anger on. When you get back in touch with the guy, ask him if he's had some unusual things happening around him after dozing that area.

 

[tesoro dog]

PROSPECTORMIKEL! There are other signs I believe you can look for to see if you are in the vicinity of a Pozo apart from the Z. Look for a face/head with long hair, where the hair is being pulled, drawn, sucked in a certain direction, long hair and standing at the entry to a mine and if the entry and the pozo have started to ( leak ) will be sucked into the mine. This is what I feel this Sign means, and if you find something like this, you can test the possible entry by lighting a smokey fire and see if it is drawn in and maybe sucked out the Pozo.
Another Sign I have seen is a face with puffed cheeks and pursed lips, some even show the airstream coming out the lips and blowing in a certain direction. Much like the chubby face shown on some old maps, representing wind currents. Hope this helps some. Peace! td Yeah Stack, Spirits!

 

[Rawhide]

Im not very good expressing my thoughts but here goes. The cup or Zinc symbol could indicate a known location nearby, and a description of whats in the mine. Not necessarliy zinc. Is there know zinc mines nearby? Was there any finds there?

I use the reference section at the local library a lot. It give geological history of the area. With luck you can find some info about that particular area. I like to know what was found, when, and how the minerals lay, such as se to nw direction.

Being there is tribes there. That opens up another whole aspect of hunting.

Good Luck

 

[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

LATE LAST NIGHT I WAS CLEANING AND ORGINIZING MY OFFICE,(SMALL DESK IN THE CORNER OF THE LAUNDRY ROOM) AND FOUND SOME OLD PAPERS THAT I HAD FORGOTTEN. IT WAS COUNTY SURVEY RECORDS FROM THE MID TO LATE 1800'S. IT STATED THAT ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES TO THE SOUTH OF MY SITE, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL LEAD ORE OUTCROPPINGS.
IT WENT ON TO DESCRIBE THE GENERAL STRATA OF THE AREA, INCLUDING THAT OF MY MINE SITE AREA. I WAS SURPRIZED WHEN I FOUND RECORDS, JUST TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST, OF A SMALL SILVER STRIKE IN THE 1880'S BROUGHT ON BY A SINGLE MAN STRIKING SILVER COINS JUST PRIOR TO THE CIVIL WAR. HE WAS JAILED AND THERE WAS NO MENTION OF WHERE HE WAS MINING THE ORE BUT EVIDENCE OF A SMELTER WAS LOCATED BY THE SURVEY TEAM, ABOUT TEN MILES NORTH WEST OF MY SITE. THIS AREA BEING MADE UP OF TALL STEEP HILLS AND DEEP DARK VALLEYS WOULD INDICATE THAT HE DID NOT TRAVEL FAR WITH HIS ORE. THERE WAS MENTION OF SEVERAL CLAIMS RECORDED IN THE AREA, BUT HE SAID THAT VERY FEW WERE MINED MORE THAN ONE YEAR. HE RECORDED THE LOCAL POPULATION FROM THE FIRST LAND OWNERS AND MADE NO MENTION OF MY SITE AREA OTHER THAN ONE MAN'S NAME THAT OWNED THE LAND WHICH LATER BECAME A SMALL COMMUNITY WHICH STILL STANDS . HE MENTIONS SEVERAL OTHER MINERALS AS WELL AS LAYERS OF COAL, FOUND SCATTERED ABOUT IN THE GENERAL AREA.
I HAVE RENEWED HOPE, KNOWING THAT THE MINE SITE WAS SO WELL CONCEALED AND APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN UNDISTURBED FOR MUCH LONGER THAN 150 YEARS OR SO.
THE NAME OF THE COUNTERFITTER AND THE TIME FRAME AND THE GENERAL AREA WERE DIFFERENT ONLY BY ABOUT 50 YEARS FROM THE CASE OF TWO COUNTERFITTERS JAILED IN THE 1930'S. THEIR RECORDS ARE ALSO IN THE COUNTY COURT RECORDS.

I ALSO RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM MISSOURI SCIENCE AND TECH, MINING SCHOOL, ARCHIVES DEPARTMENT HEAD. THE DEPT. HEAD WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING ON THE SIGNS / SYMBOLS FROM THE BLUFF PANNEL BUT SHE DID GIVE ME INFO TO CONTACT THE DEAN OF THE ONSITE SCHOOL MINE.

ALL IN ALL, IT WAS A GOD NIGHT''S READING.

PROSPECTOR MIKEL

#/;0)~(c)

 

[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

OKAY, ITS TIME TO CATCH UP A LITTLE.


I APPRECIATE ALL OF MY TN FRIENDS AND WILL NOT KNOWINGLY IGNORE ANY CONTRIBUTION TO MY THREAD, SO I WILL BACK TRACK A LITTLE AND TRY TO CATCH UP.

SHORT STACK, I DON'T THINK THAT THE LANDOWNER HAS OPENED THE MINE, AS THE OPENING IS JUST OFF OF HIS PROPERTY BUT IT RUNS UNDER HIS LAND. MOST OF MY CONCERNS ARE THAT HE MIGHT WIPE OUT THE HISTORICAL MARKINGS AND EVEN WORSE, THAT HE MIGHT CAUSE A CAVE-IN. SECONDARY CONCERNS ABOUT OPENING A POSSIBLE GRAVE SITE ARE MORE A MATTER OF RESPECT FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S BELIEFES ABOUT THEIR ANCESTORS. I AM A CHRISTIAN AND PROUD OF IT. MY PARTNER WAS A GOD FEARING MAN AS WELL, BUT HE HAD SUPERSTITOUS FEARS ABOUT CURSES AND SPELLS AND THAT SORT OF MATTER. THAT BEING SAID, MY BOOK WILL EXPOUND MORE IN DEPTH ON THIS.

TESORO DOG, THANKS FOR THE INPUT.
I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY FACES THAT I WOULD LABEL AT THIS POINT, HOWEVER IF I GET TO MAKE ONE MORE TRIP OUT THER WITH MY DIGITAL CAMERA, I WILL GET MORE CLOSE-UPS.
I DO KNOW THAT THE OPENING LEAKS A LITTTLE. WE SPENT SEVERAL HOURS CHECKING THIS WITH SMOKE BOMBS AS WELL AS CHECKING TEMPERATURE DIFFERENTIALS WITH A DIGITAL THERMOMETER USED FOR INDUSTRIAL AIR CONDITIONERS. THE TEMP IN OPEN FOREST AIR WAS 84 DEGREES AND THE TEMP WHERE THE CRACKS LEAKED THE TEMPS RAN FROM 64 TO 71 DEGREES. THERE WAS MUCH OF THE OPENING THAT WE SIMPLY COULD NOT GET TO DUE TO ITS SIZE.
AS FOR THE "Z", IT'S DOWN TO POZO OR FIRE. I HAVE FOUND A GREAT DEAL OF INFO TO SUPPORT ELIMINATING MOST OTHER TRANSLATIONS. I HAVE HAD TO EAT CROW ON CALLING IT ZINC. OTHERS HAVE FOUND AND SHOWED ME THAT THE DIFFERENCE IS THE PLACEMENT OF THE CROSSMARK. I HAVE LESS INFO ABOUT IT MEANING POZO AT THIS POINT, SO I AM SEARCHING FOR MORE INFO ON THAT.

CASCA, I THINK THE NEXT POST WILL RELATE TO MOST OF YOUR QUESTIONS. MY PARTNER WAS A PRETTY GOOD GEOLOGIST. I ON THE OTHER HAND AM NOT. HE I.D.ed THE OPEN PIT OF STONES WITH ZINC , WHICH IS ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE FROM THE MINE.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK GUYS. IT IS APPRECIATED

MIKEL

 

[Rawhide]

I hate silver mines lol. But there may be some free gold to be had, look for quartz and good luck.

 

[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

CASCA, THERE ARE NO KNOWN GOLD DEPOSITS IN ARK., ONLY SMALL PLACER DEPOSITS, AND
I HAVE FOUND A LITTLE BIT HERE AND THERE...

HH

PROSPECTORMIKEL

 

[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

HI, FOLKS.

JUST A SHORT NOTE FOR THOSE OF YOU CONTRIBUTERS OF WISDOM, TO SAY THANKS.

I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH INFO I HAVE COLLECTED, UNTIL I DECIDED TO MOVE ALL OF MY NOTES FROM THE CLIPBOARD THAT SITS NEXT TO MY COMPUTER AND ORGANIZE ALL OF IT BY TOPIC AND WRITE IT ALL IN A JOURNAL.

THE JORNAL IS HALF FULL AND I HAVEN'T BACK TRACKED ON THIS OR ANY OF MY OTHER THREADS YET. I KNOW THAT I HAVE GOTTEN OFF OF THE TRAIN AT THE WRONG STOP A FEW TIMES, SO BACK TRACKING WILL BE QUIT A JOURNEY IN AND OF IT'S SELF.

THOSE OF YOU WHOME HAVE HELPED ME OUT MIGHT WANT TO RE-READ YOUR ENTRYS TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY THING THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO SHOW UP IN MY BOOK.

I WILL NOT RELEASE ANY INFO THAT HAS BEEN P.M.ed TO ME WITHOUT CHECKING WITH YOU FIRST.

WHEN I GET NEAR THE END OF THE BOOK I WILL MAKE A POST HERE SO THAT ALL OF YOU CAN LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT YOUR NAME OR JUST YOUR T-NET "ALIAS" USED.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A FEW THAT DON'T WANT TO USE THERE NAME BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT STRANGERS TO FOLLOW THEM TO THEIR SECRET SPOT. I RESPECT THAT AND I DO NOT WANT TO RISK ANYBODY'S SITE BY PRINTING THAT YOU HAVE ONE.

SO DOUBLE CHECK YOUR ENTRIES AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT YOUR NAME OR T-NET NAME USED OR IF YOU WANT TO BE BLACK-LISTED ALL TOGETHER.

I WILL BE COMPILING MUCH OF THE INFO DURING THE NEXT FEW WEEKS INTO THE JOURNAL AND GIVING CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES.

THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU SHOULD STOP GIVING ME ADVICE! THERE IS LOTS OF WORK LEFT TO DO, SO DON'T GIVE UP.

THANKS, A BUNCH.

MIKEL

 

[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

HEY RIS,
I APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST AND YOUR POST. I HAD TO GO BACK AND READ ALL OF THE POSTS ON THIS THREAD AND READ MOST OF MY BOOK TO SEE WHERE THE STUFF THAT YOU PROPOSED WAS COVERED. I HAVE BEEN WRITING IN BOTH AT THE SAME TIME AND COMPILING MY SEPERATED NOTES INTO A JOURNAL, SO I WAS NOT SURE IF I HAD COVERED ALL OF THE POINTS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP.
I BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING THAT YOU MENTIONED HAS BEEN COVERED ON THIS THREAD.
AT LEAST IN PART. THERE IS MUCH MORE IN THE BOOK AND EVEN MORE THAT HAS NOT BEEN WRITTEN IN THE BOOK, YET. BECAUSE I AM STILL WRITING THE BOOK, SOME OF THE INFORMATION IS NOT COMPLETELY CLEAR, YET, AS TO WHERE DIFFERENT TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS HAVE BEEN DONE. WE HAVE BEEN OVER A 2 MILE WIDE BY 3 MILE LONG AREA COVERING THREE MOUNTAINS, ONE LARGE VALLEY AND FIVE DIFFERENT DEEP AND SHORT VALLEYS WITH STEEP WALLS AND THREE DIFFERENT BLUFFS. EVERY PLACE THAT HELD EVEN THE SMALLEST CHANCE OF SOUNDING ON A METAL DETECTOR, OR THE DOUBLE-BOX GOT HIT HARD WITH THEM FROM THE FIRST DAY.
WE EVEN TOOK ON AN EXTRA PARTNER WHO SUPPLIED A GEMS UNIT. I PERSONALY OPPERATED THAT GEMS UNIT OVER A COMBINED AREA LARGER THAN THREE FOOTBALL FIELDS.

I GET P.M.s ABOUT THESE SAME SUBJECTS EVERY WEEK. I USUALLY ANSWER THESE WITH A P.M. BUT YOU PUT A LOT OUT THERE WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO SEE THE ANSWERS, SO I THOUGHT THAT IT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED ON THE THREAD.

PLEASE DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS DIRECTED AT YOU. IT IS DIRECTED TO ALL OF THE READERS THAT WONDER IF WE COVERED ALL OF THE ANGLES OR NOT.

I SIMPLY CANNOT CLEARLY ANSWER ALL OF THE QUESTIONS HERE. BUT THEY WILL BE ANSWERED IN THE BOOK.

BEST REGARDS

PROSPECTORMIKEL



















.

 

[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

I TRIED TO POST THESE TWO PHOTOS TO THE PREVIOUS POST BUT I HAD TO EDIT THEM FIRST.
THEY SHOW ABOUT 2/3 OF THE SCOPE OF MY SITE.

I HOPE THEY CLEAR SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED ABOUT IT'S SCOPE.
HH

PROSPECTORMIKEL

 

[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

WELL I GOT TO RETURN TO MY MINE SITE YESTERDAY. I HAD ONE GOAL, ONE GOAL ONLY.
I WENT TO GET DIGITAL PHOTOS ON THE BLUFF.

A FRIEND OF MINE, FROM CHURCH, DROVE ME OUT THERE AND HAULED ME UP THE MOUNTAIN ON HIS FOUR WHEELER. WE STARTED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL AND AS WE GAINED ELEVATION I BEGAN TO LOSE HOPE. OVER THE LAST FEW WINTERS THERE HAS BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF DISTRUCTION, EROSION, BROKEN LIMBS, AND VAST NUMBERS OF DOWNED TREES.
THE WORST DAMAGE OF ALL WAS NEAR THE BLUFF. I WOUND UP HAVING TO WALK AND CRAWL MOST OF THE LAST HUNDRED YARDS OR SO. I MANAGED TO STAY MEDICATED ENOUGH TO KEEP MOVING, BUT THE LAST FIFTY YARDS BECAME IMPENETRABLE. IT WILL REQUIRE AN ARMY OF MEN AND CHAINSAWS AND BRUSH-EATERS TO REACH THE BLUFF FROM THE BOTTOM OR THE TOP. ONE OF THE KEY TREE MARKERS LOST PART OF ITS HIGHEST BRANCHES. FORTUNATLY I HAD PHOTOGRAPHED IT PRIOR TO THE DISTRUCTION.

TO SAY THE LEAST, THE EXPEDITION WAS A GREAT DISAPOINTMENT, AND HAS ALL BUT CRIPPLED ME FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.

I HAD HIGH HOPES FOR THIS TRIP, AND I NOW KNOW THAT NOTHING SHORT OF A FOREST FIRE WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO EVER GET TO THE BLUFF AGAIN.

I WILL SHARE MORE ABOUT MY FINDINGS IN A WEEK OR TWO, WHEN I CAN LET UP ON MY MEDICATIONS A LITTLE.

FOR NOW TRYING TO TYPE IS VERY DIFFICULT.

TILL THEN...

 

[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

A FEW UPDATES...
FIRST OFF, SAM, MY FRIEND FROM CHURCH, REALLY GOT EXCITED ABOUT OUR TRIP OUT TO THE MINE SITE, AND HIS SON DID AS WELL. HE WANTS TO GO BACK IN JANUARY AND HE BELIEVES HE CAN CUT A TRAIL BIG ENOUGH TO RIDE THRU. I WAS HESITANT, BUT ONE OF THE NEWER TN MEMBERS STUMBLED ACROSS ONE OF MY EARLIER THREADS, AND HIS FRESH
SET OF EYES SAW SOMETHING THAT I HAD MISSED EVEN WHEN I WAS LOOKING FOR IT.

TESORO DOG, YOU "HOUNDED" ME ABOUT LOOKING FOR A FACE ON THE BLUFF. I LOOKED BUT DIDN'T SEE ONE. TAT2GUY, THE NEW MEMBER WITH THE FRESH SET OF EYES DID
SEE NOT ONE BUT TWO. SO NOW I AM ITCHING TO GO BACK. THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU.

IT WILL E SOME TIME IN JANUARY, SO I GOTTA REST UP AND GET IN SHAPE AGAIN.

THANKS FOR NOT GIVIN' UP ON ME.

MIKEL

 

[Gooner]

Prospectormike;
I took the liberty to adjust the lighting a little bit to make it easier to see. Looks like you have a pretty good project going for you and knowing the geologic history or NW Arkansas, I'm thinking the mine would hold some interesting things..............natural AND man made.

Generally speaking: go left, then uphill but not necessarily very far uphill, then left again, looking for subtle confirmations all along the way. Or: go left, go around obstacle, and continue while looking for confirmations such as directional vees, wings, pull signs, etc. Just my opinion, might be worth a try. This being in reference to the picture that didn't survive the reposting.

 

[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

I TOOK SOME TIME OFF FROM INTERNET RESEARCH, OFF AND ON FOR A FEW WEEKS.
IT WASN'T A WASTE OF TIME!

I FOUND A FEW TREASURES (AT LEAST IN MY MIND). I LIKE TO CHECK OUT LOCAL FLEA MARKETS AND I FOUND A BOOK THAT LOOKED GOOD AT FIRST GLANCE. IT WAS A LITTLE OLD,
I COULD SEE EASILY. THE TITLE GOT MY ATTENTION RIGHT AWAY...

"THE RUSH FOR GOLD" BY FRANK L BEALS.

COPYWRITED 1946... A CALIFORNIA STATE TEXTBOOK, AND PUBLISHED IN 1949 AND
STAMPED INTO CALIFORNIA SCHOOL SYSTEM IN AUG 1950 AND NUMBERED #1 OUT OF THE BOX. IT IS IN NEAR PERFECT CONDITION AND WAS GREAT READING, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS WRITTEN FOR SIXTH OR SEVENTH GRADE LEVEL. 252 PAGES AND ONLY ONE PAGE WITH A 1/8 INCH TEAR, AND NO DOG EARS. WRITTEN LIKE A NOVEL ABOUT JOHN BIDWELL'S LIFE AND INFLUENCE ON CALIFORNIA AND HIS HAND IN BRINGING THE 49ERS, BUT FILLED WITH ACCURATE INFO.

I ALSO WENT THRU MY COINS THAT I HAVE M.D.ed, AND NOT CLEANED. I HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR
NOT CLEANING THEM FOR SUCH A LONG TIME.
THEY ARE CLEANED NOW AND I AM SURE I THOUGHT IT WAS "JUST ANOTHER PENNY" BUT IT WASN'T.... I WAS A 1907 INDIAN HEAD PENNY. IT NEARLY FLOORED ME. I WISH I HAD CLEANED IT WHEN I FOUND IT SO I WOULD KNOW WHERE TO RETURN TO AND M.D. SOME MORE.

IN OTHER NEWS, IT LOOKS LIKE THE JANUARY RETURN TO THE MINE SITE LOOKS LIKE IS ON SCHEDULE. WISH US LUCK!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND GOD BLESS.

MIKEL