Field Trip Report:
3rd Annual Western North Carolina
Rockhound Roundup,
August 1st-6th, 2006photos by: Lee Fleming, Mark Gaskins, Jolene Falcone, Rick Jacquot, Ed Lytle, and Phil Napier
Our original plan was to visit two sites on Thursday, Ron Seaver was to lead a group to the Gap Creek location, and Steve Barr was heading to Diamond Hill. After seeing the weather report and record high heat for Diamond Hill, we decided to scrap that trip and split into several groups and hit a few different mines here in the mountains. Ron led his group to Gap Creek in South Carolina, to collect the banded onyx found in the creek and on the creek banks:
Ron Seaver
Ken and a agate/onyx specimen.
Cathy Clouser with a specimen.
Working the creek.
Lee led another group to three different locations, they started out at the Ray Mine...
Lee at the Ray
Cathy Napier at the Ray
