Author Archives: Toveco
Toveco Gilsum Action Late Entries
Tripp Mine 2014 Mining Season Start
Toveco End of 2013 Miming Season
Tripp Mine Beryl Eye Clean Profiled Gem Rough
2013 Spring Tripp Mine Update
Modifying an Ultra Tec Fantasy Machine
Working the Tripp Mine 9/01/09
Well just when I thought the new location of the Wayne/Lee pit road was set it changed. The plan was to move the road from the pit side to the wall side of the W/L pit and then drop the … Continue reading
2009 CVM Club outing to the Tripp Mine
This year was Connecticut Mineral Club’s 5th outing to the Tripp Mine. Each year the outing gets better and Lee & Wayne put more work into it. For me it is just a great party. When a club comes to … Continue reading
2009 Gilsum NH Rock show
2009 Gilsum NH Rock show – looking north The Gilsum rock show held in Gilsum NH next door to Alstead NH and just down the street from the Toveco Mines, so to speak. I have been attending this event for … Continue reading
Working the Tripp Mine, benching the pit side of the Wayne / Lee cut.
A miner must learn to eat a lot of humble pie. As posted in the last blog we were into a lot of very poor quality feldspar and there was a good large pod of good quartz with feldspar crystals. … Continue reading