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World Series – The Red Sox Pocket
October 30, 2013
October 30th, 2013 Wednesday 10:30AM Jeff called and said “we hit a pocket yesterday, thought you might like to come up.” I said, “I couldn’t, was staying home with a bad cold. Coughing like crazy.” Jeff described what he was finding. Bigger crystals. No kaolin. He said “the tourmaline has an olive tint in the “C” axis, and olive near the tips. He said “it might be the last big pocket of the sea- son.” The crystals were nice and he’d taken a lot out yesterday. I thought again, thought this is serious, it’s gem mining history. I said “I’ll come...maybe for just an hour” Jeff said “dress warm. It’s cold down in the pit.”
10:50 headed out of my driveway. 11:02 passed Congress Square and Cross Jewelers. 11:46 arrived at the gate (the mine is just forty four minutes north of the store) There was a chain across the road. I parked outside and walked in. It’s a crisp 45 degrees, high thin clouds, hazy sun.
I walked down into the pit. Silence, no one’s here. I’m the first one. The caterpillar’s parked near the working wall. Black rubber tire blast nets pushed up against the wall. Cat arm securely pressing down on the blast nets. The site is secured. The last time I was here Jeff showed me a line of black tourmaline dotting across the base of
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