Post by psteinmayer on Sep 27th, 2017 at 10:14pm
Ok, I gotta tell you the copper-rock story.
We took a tour of the still operating Central Mine. Let me set the scene: It was 97 steps (yes, I counted) down a wooden staircase to get into the mine shaft. Several of the lower shafts were closed off because of flooding. Mom, Dad, and 4 teens and a 5 year old were on this tour, when Rocket Scientist Paul asks the tour guide if I can keep any copper I find, to which he replies yes.
A little while later, I spot this rock (small boulder really) and I make the mistake of asking how much copper is in this rock. I'm told about 40%. Well, that was all I needed to hear. Sooooo... this scrawny 13 year idiot old picks up this thing, which weigh 75 pounds if it's an ounce, and carries it 97 steps out of that mine and places it next to the car.
Meanwhile, Mom and Dad are frantic because Paul is nowhere to be found in this mine. They had the guides, and even miners searching for me! They thought I had fallen down one of the closed off shafts. But... I was out there next to the car protecting my investment! Boy did I get it when they came out and found me standing there, LOL!
Dad did let me keep the rock, and it sat in his front flower bed for 41 years until this spring, when it was brought to my new house. I'll probably keep it forever and pass it down to my son!
The rock is about 18 inches across, and about 8 inches thick at it's thickest point.
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We took a tour of the still operating Central Mine. Let me set the scene: It was 97 steps (yes, I counted) down a wooden staircase to get into the mine shaft. Several of the lower shafts were closed off because of flooding. Mom, Dad, and 4 teens and a 5 year old were on this tour, when Rocket Scientist Paul asks the tour guide if I can keep any copper I find, to which he replies yes.
A little while later, I spot this rock (small boulder really) and I make the mistake of asking how much copper is in this rock. I'm told about 40%. Well, that was all I needed to hear. Sooooo... this scrawny 13 year idiot old picks up this thing, which weigh 75 pounds if it's an ounce, and carries it 97 steps out of that mine and places it next to the car.
Meanwhile, Mom and Dad are frantic because Paul is nowhere to be found in this mine. They had the guides, and even miners searching for me! They thought I had fallen down one of the closed off shafts. But... I was out there next to the car protecting my investment! Boy did I get it when they came out and found me standing there, LOL!
Dad did let me keep the rock, and it sat in his front flower bed for 41 years until this spring, when it was brought to my new house. I'll probably keep it forever and pass it down to my son!
The rock is about 18 inches across, and about 8 inches thick at it's thickest point.
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