[Rockhounds] Holly Blue

[Tim Fisher]

I dug Holley right up until the end. There was never a piece of equipment 
nor a hole big enough to have been made by one. The land was clearcut and 
replanted around 1997/8. When "rockhounds" could not respect the replanted 
trees, Cascade Timber closed the area to digging in 1999. There are no 
cameras, just signs, and I know of exactly one person who has been 
prosecuted for trespassing, and he deserved it. Hopefully one day the area 
will again be open to digging, but I don't think that will ever happen with 
Cascade as the managers.

At 09:42 PM 8/13/2007, you wrote:

>I'll give you the short story!  As told to me by several different 
>supposed witnesses to the whole fiasco.  I CAN NOT, say this is the gods 
>honest truth.  But it is one of the accepted stories.  As with too many of 
>the rock sites, Holley Blue is found most concentrated on private 
>property, and in a very limited area.  The original owners of the property 
>allowed digging, respectful, per the code of ethics type digging.  But 
>when they passed away, they left instructions that the vast forest land 
>acreage they owned be managed properly so the heirs would be taken care of 
>monetarily for many years.  Well, when the corporation that they chose to 
>manage the land took over it's care, some really intelligent folks 
>panicked and decided backhoes and dump trucks were necessary to make sure 
>they got their fair share(as well as everyone else's share).  As such, the 
>holding company decided it was too much of a financial risk to allow folks 
>on the property any longer.  So they shut it down to all.  Since then, 
>they have had to install cameras and such.  Having trespassers arrested 
>with NO exceptions and dealt with severely!!  This has all happened over 
>the last ten plus years.From what I hear, Ken White was a good friend of 
>the original owners of the property, so he was allowed to take what he 
>wanted.I have some rough bought from Ken, it's beautiful stuff.  Keep in 
>touch, I'll try to hook you up with some if I can.  Most of whats 
>available at the local shows is junk, fractured, small tumble rough or 
>just crap that dealers can't do anything with.  But I'll see what I can 
>get you.  If you'd like to call Ken, his number is (541) 259-1529  He 
>could probably tell the story, much better than I.Rich> From: 
>sinico at nbnet.nb.ca> Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Holly Blue> Date: Tue, 14 
>Aug 2007 01:07:18 -0300> To: rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com> > > I gather 
>holly blue is no longer being dug? This may be old news to > everyone else 
>but I'm curious - what *happened* (and when did it) to > make holly blue 
>unavailable for digging?> > Cheers> Hans Durstling> Moncton, Canada> > 
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