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Ice Cream Sunday Puddle Pocket
The Ice Cream Sundae Pocket
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Sometime near noon Jeff opens a second gem pocket. A small opening in the rock, just enough room for a hand to slip in. This pocket is filled with water, a puddle pocket. A tray appears lined with a white towel with a blue stripe. Big green crystals are pulled from the pocket and laid out. Large white buckets are brought over to hold the small crystals.
Voices talk fast, talk over each other, a jumble of words. Two minutes of mine talk: “let me see that” “where did it go” “this piece probably goes to it” “when I pulled the first one out, a bunch of stuff fell” “ these two definitely go together” “it just doesn’t end” “let’s flush the pocket out” “but I can still feel something down in there” Hose comes out, end of hose buried in pocket. “are you pushing down?” “no just a light touch” “push it a little” “if a crystal breaks, it’s gonna break anyway.” The open- ing is narrow. Hand squeezes in. Hand full of green crystals comes out. Five men take turns for forty-five minutes. Fists full of crystals, one after another come to light. Trays and buckets fill.
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