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Jesse and Martha Wellman, Reno Nevada USA
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The  HGT  Photo Gallery (lots of pictures)

L-R Mount Wheeler,  Tallest mountian peak entirely in Nevada at 13,043 feet,  
Jesse and Martha Wellman, on Majuba Hill, Pershing County Nevada
Mine tramway tower at dusk, Pioche, Lincoln County,  Nevada

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bigsheep2.jpg (38143 bytes) While looking for dead animals in the rocks(ammonites) we found live animals in the rocks. A herd of Desert Big Horn Sheep




















The next 7 pictures are a taste of my tour in the fall of 1997 of new mines and discoveries of Mexico.
These are from the Penoles Fresnillo silver mine.

Looking at the Fresnillo silver mine workings, Zacatecas Mexico
Looking at the mine shaft head frame and only hill for kilometers at Penoles Fresnillo silver mine. Esta plata minera Fresnillo.
The best surface exposure, most productive veins at depth look a lot smaller than this. In the visinity of the mine at Fresnillo, Zacatecas Mexico
Surface expression of mineralization in the andesite.
Rubber mounted moble jack leg, water pouring all about, skull vibrating sound
Rubber tire jack leg drill on the face of a fresh drift. Over 400 years mining and over 10,000 kilometers of underground workings.
Blasting line in place, the next round on the vien is marked out. Fresnillo, Zacatecas Mexico
Vein marked out for blasting.
Close up of anastomosing vein structure in the andesite host at Fresnillo, Zacatecas Mexico
Closer look at rich silver veins.
Calcite crystals with turgite. I was able to collect minerals from here and other near by crystal mineral pockets underground in the mine at Fresnillo, Zacatecas Mexico
Freshly exposed pocket with small calcite crystals coated with iredescent 'Turgite'.
Group from the SEG field trip look over recent blast material. Blasting gel was still on the floor in some places. Underground in Fresnillo, Zacatecas Mexico
Group of mineral exploration geologists from Mexico, Canada, and the US on the SEG New Mines and Discoveries of Mexico 1997.

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Treasure Map                                                                          Island Arc Subduction Zone


Awestruck with all of the natural beauty found for sale at "The Honest Miners Fair"John Tyson of News Channel 8 in Reno Nevada at the Chollar Mine, Virginia City Nevada July 1997

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Wulf. Mexico Wulfenite, Mapimi, Mexico

 
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Merced River Rock, on the way to Yosemite Park


Tybo Head Frame, Nye County Nevada

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Claim Jumpers Welcome Greeting... 
Do yo feel lucky punk?          You won't get away with our gold.
In the Wild West of
Virginia City Nevada"
Where on a good day the old west still lives.

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