[Rockhounds] Virgin Valley opal pick picture

[J Bryan Kramer]

Or send me a copy and I'll put it up on my PBase site for you.

BK

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 7:44 PM, Kreigh Tomaszewski <Kreigh at tomaszewski.net>
wrote:

> Glen,
>
> Unfortunately the website is only available to those registered for the
> list. Could you email me a copy of the picture off-list? Thanks!
>
> Kreigh
>
>
>
>
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> Glen Miller wrote:
> >
> > Greetings all:
> >
> > I've posted a picture of my "opal pick" at
> >
> > http://tech.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/LA-Rocks/photos/browse/e2e1
> >
> > I hope that is a publicly available site.  The yellow plastic
> > (fiberglass?) handle is obvious. It had a True Value Hardware sticker
> > on it when it was new. The two tines have slightly different angles
> > to their points. One side is best for digging in a vertical bank; the
> > other is best for breaking up clay clods on horizontal ground. The
> > pick was being sold at the Royal Peacock 2 years ago for $60.
> >
> > The Estwing pick is included for scale and because it is probably
> > familiar to most collectors.
> >
> > The pick on the left was introduced to me by a miner from the former
> > San Manuel copper mine north of Tucson, AZ, as a "pickeroo." That is
> > probably a local term they used for it. I found one after much
> > searching online at a hardware store in Idaho. One name of that pick
> > is technically a "Finnish hoe." I was surprised to see one in use in
> > (as I recall) a video on quartz mining in Arkansas. The pickeroo is
> > extremely handy in pulling down muck on a slope and even for moving
> > small amounts of dirt out of an inclined hole when a shovel isn't
> available.
> >
> > Glen
> >
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J Bryan Kramer
North Florida, USA
photos at:
http://pbase.com/photoburner


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