herchenx
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Post by herchenx on Aug 5, 2012 22:20:38 GMT -5
Saturday I drove 4.5 hours to pick my daughter up from camp. I drove by a great rock shop that i hadn't known about and stopped in. Mike and I presume his wife were very friendly and I bought some cool stuff to try out at a great price. if you have any reason to head through south Central Colorado it is very worth a visit. Their inventory is vast and they had some really beautiful stuff. i bought some slag glass, beautiful porcelain jasper, malachite and azurite and some cool copper ore. ![]() daharsh.net/s/2012-08-05 21.12.02.jpg[/img] |
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Post by 3rdrockfromthefun on Aug 6, 2012 5:54:26 GMT -5
Wow, when you go for a drive you don't mess around - 'tha boonies! Not as bad as the east boonies, though, and not as hard on a vehicle a the west.
I've seen that shop - years ago, before I had rocks in my head. If I'm down that way I'll stop in! Thanks!
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Post by Dicky the Rockhunter on Aug 6, 2012 7:11:45 GMT -5
they are really well stocked but most good specimens are a little high They are also the owner of the claim I got the rose quartz I gave you .
Dick
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Post by 3rdrockfromthefun on Aug 6, 2012 10:22:10 GMT -5
They certainly are stocked with a lot of rough!
That's some nice rose quartz - love it!
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herchenx
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Post by herchenx on Aug 6, 2012 11:43:05 GMT -5
What you see in the pic is a drop in the bucket, they have probably 20x what is shown here.
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Post by catmandewe on Nov 2, 2012 0:37:35 GMT -5
Quite a few years ago I built a steel building in Canyon City, didn't get much time to go look around town and I certainly never saw a rock shop there.
Darn missed one!
Tony
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Post by johnjsgems on Nov 2, 2012 8:56:01 GMT -5
Canon City is a nice little town. We planned to drive through there on the way to see the Gorge above town. Well, my wife spotted a farmers masrket so we stopped there. A guy selling bread made from spent grain from his micro brewery gave us a discount ticket for his restaurant. Restaurant was smack dab in the middle of their old town full of antique stores. Never did see the gorge. Wish I would have spotted the rock shop in our travels.
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The Dad_Ohs
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Nov 2, 2012 9:20:15 GMT -5
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Post by phil on Nov 2, 2012 12:28:10 GMT -5
I tried to email them to ask how to see what all rock and etc they carry, and why you can't view a list or something on their website, and here's the bounce message I got:
Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:
sales@goldminerockshop.com
Technical details of permanent failure:
Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain. We recommend contacting the other email provider for further information about the cause of this error. The error that the other server returned was: 550 550 Mailbox quota exceeded (state 13)
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bhiatt
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Post by bhiatt on Nov 2, 2012 12:49:48 GMT -5
What a beautiful background. Looks like they got a great spot.
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herchenx
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Post by herchenx on Nov 3, 2012 0:30:54 GMT -5
Yeah I don't think internet sits well with them.
The Gold Mine in Cañon City, CO would do phone, but they weren't excited about selling online when I talked with them.
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keystonecops
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Post by keystonecops on Nov 5, 2012 19:22:53 GMT -5
Kewl, my brother in laws ranch is south of Pueblo. May have to make a side trip next summer. Later Clyde
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