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No 47 Blue Forrest wood. Larry Giving a demonstration of how to remove outer rind from wood.
No 48 Blue Forrest Wood. Rockhounds taking a break, Kevin, Diane, Jeff, Steve in background, Larry, Cy, Rob and Joel.
No 49 Blue Forrest Wood. First you clear the dirt down to top of shale layer.
No 50 Blue Forrest Wood. After removing surface dirt begin breaking through the shale.
No 51 Blue Forrest Wood. Larry breaking up the shale layer to get at the wood just below.
  No 52 Blue Forrest Wood. After digging through the shale the wood lies just beneith, however this spot was barren, Larry. .JPG  
No 53 Blue Forrest Wood. However this spot produced a limb about ten feet long from an inch to five inches in diameter.
No 54 Blue Forrest Wood. This must be why they call it Blue Forrest Wood. This is a section of the ten foot piece I dug up, Larry.
No 55 Blue Forrest Wood. Another piece of the ten foot limb. This was found about two hundred yards from camp. and only four to six inches deep.
No 56 Blue Forrest Wood. Kevin digging while Jeff looks on.
No 57 Blue Forrest Wood. Theres one in every crowd! Old rockhounds never die they just slowly petrify. Hey Jeff wake up I think theres some wood in there!

No 52 Blue Forrest Wood. After digging through the shale the wood lies just beneith, however this spot was barren, Larry. Download
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