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Toveco Gilsum Action Late Entries

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Tripp Mine 2014 Mining Season Start

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Toveco End of 2013 Miming Season

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Tripp Mine Beryl Eye Clean Profiled Gem Rough

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2013 Spring Tripp Mine Update

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Modifying an Ultra Tec Fantasy Machine

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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

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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

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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

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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

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