jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Mar 25, 2015 3:28:25 GMT -5
There is three of these within 15 miles of the house. Maybe more, and a lot of smaller abandoned ones. This one fronts I-85, so I parked the scooter and climbed the fence. Don't tell. Scooter at rush hour.  Peculiar 'fracture ?' close to the edge. What the heck, it's got trees growing on it.  Crossed the 'fracture' and looking straight down. A large orange dewatering pump about center of photo. Stomach queazy ha.  Closer view of pump.  Nice little hole in the ground    This is a good cross section of what lies under The north half of the state. Fifty feet of clay and granite below. Some granite exposures, mostly on hill tops(Stone Mountain, Panola Mountain). Ground water is plentiful in horizontal fractures 1-4 inches tall. Adjacent water wells rarely run dry, even when close to such a divot. Wells average 300 feet deep, drilled with rotary vibratory bits six inches in diameter at $10-$12 per foot. Water sweet. Typical hill top exposure  |
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Post by gingerkid on Mar 25, 2015 7:12:08 GMT -5
Nice pics of the granite quarries, jamesp! Were you able to get in them and bring any granite home with you? Yikes, your bike is a bit close to I-85. |
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Post by jamesp on Mar 25, 2015 7:28:20 GMT -5
Nice pics of the granite quarries, jamesp! Were you able to get in them and bring any granite home with you? Yikes, your bike is a bit close to I-85. More worried about James on the 300 foot bluff Jan. |
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Post by snowmom on Mar 25, 2015 7:32:36 GMT -5
Dang gutsy jumping that fault, looks to me like a chunk of wall is ready to break loose and slide down. It terrifies me just looking at it!
Mines are fascinating. We have the world's largest limestone mine up here, over a mile deep and super wide,
when you look down and see those monster trucks they use to haul rock and they look like they could be picked up between your thumb and forefinger, that's deep. Its on my bucket list to see the Sudbury Nickel mines as well.
loved seeing the pics, thanks for the tour.
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 25, 2015 10:08:44 GMT -5
Great photos of the quarries James!!! Reminds me of the deep quarries in Montana around the Butte area.........
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Mar 25, 2015 10:23:38 GMT -5
Dang gutsy jumping that fault, looks to me like a chunk of wall is ready to break loose and slide down. It terrifies me just looking at it! Mines are fascinating. We have the world's largest limestone mine up here, over a mile deep and super wide, when you look down and see those monster trucks they use to haul rock and they look like they could be picked up between your thumb and forefinger, that's deep. Its on my bucket list to see the Sudbury Nickel mines as well. loved seeing the pics, thanks for the tour. I had a reign tied to a tree ready to ride the whole hillside 30 stories. Like Rob Lowe riding the sharky shark. LOL Did not like the big fracture snowmom. I am such a chicken, I laid down on the ground and stuck my camera out over the ledge. Mind you it was sloped and covered with slick pine straw. There is a quarry in Tyrone Ga about 15 miles east. The lady that sold them the property was granted 3 cents per cubic yard of granite they removed for her life. They say she is a millionaire many times over from that royalty. Imagine that. The Douglasville quarry is 15 miles to the east, they will let you ride to the bottom in a dump truck and hand pick boulders for landscape jobs. Been there done that too. I have seen black tourmaline crystals as big as logs in that granite. But to fragile to separate from the hard granite. |
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Post by drocknut on Mar 25, 2015 10:49:45 GMT -5
I'm gonna tell...lol. Aw heck who would believe me that some crazy guy was wandering around there taking pictures while tied to a tree...lol.
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Post by jamesp on Mar 25, 2015 10:55:53 GMT -5
I'm gonna tell...lol. Aw heck who would believe me that some crazy guy was wandering around there taking pictures while tied to a tree...lol. Just don't tell my Mom Diane, scared of her wrath. Who knows, maybe I was at risk of being attacked by a serial something or another. |
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Post by gingerkid on Mar 25, 2015 11:00:15 GMT -5
I had a reign tied to a tree ready to ride the whole hillside 30 stories. Like Rob Lowe riding the sharky shark. LOL ROFL, jamesp!  |
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Post by drocknut on Mar 25, 2015 19:03:35 GMT -5
I'm gonna tell...lol. Aw heck who would believe me that some crazy guy was wandering around there taking pictures while tied to a tree...lol. Just don't tell my Mom Diane, scared of her wrath. Who knows, maybe I was at risk of being attacked by a serial something or another. I totally understand, the wrath of mom is a terrible thing. |
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Post by jamesp on Mar 25, 2015 19:49:47 GMT -5
Just don't tell my Mom Diane, scared of her wrath. Who knows, maybe I was at risk of being attacked by a serial something or another. I totally understand, the wrath of mom is a terrible thing. She will still jump start me Diane. |
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Post by drocknut on Mar 25, 2015 20:48:32 GMT -5
Lol James
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