Being 73 is not all that bad. I want to go rock hunting in the western states as I have spent some time out there when working in mines and mills and on construction jobs. My parents traveled a lot and we lived in allmost every state before i was 8 years old. I owned the Deer creek mine in AZ. but the first fuel shortage bank rupted me and it was back to work in the construction world. I still have a good amount of high grade Deer Creek Fire Agates that I work when I want to.
I never want to sell them all as I do not want to have to buy more. The folks that have the mine now are nice people but I have no desire to go see how bad the place is torn up now. The last I saw it they had left so much junk and fallen down camper trailors that it was a shame to the rock hound name. it was no longer a beautiful place that I had loved, It was a junk yard that made me terrably up set. So now I have not a clue as to what all has been done other than digging a big hole with heavy Equipt. My wife and I do have a store on ebay that is HughesGemsAndMinerals, which she manages for us. I do all the lapidary and silver work as she still works 6 hours a day here in our home, telecommuting to San Diego. Currently we are looking for a good place to move to in one of the western states, where there is lots of open areas to rock hunt in, and there are not so many fences and keep out signs like in Texas. We hope to move next spring if we can find a place that we can afford, and not being wealthy, that is not easy. Our largest saw is an 18", but we use the 6" trim saw more than anything else.
Anyone have great suggestions on an out of the way place, that is still affordable for a working class retiree and working wife?
By the way, I have a little book I wrote at http://web.bigbend.net/users/leonscabin/ProspectingBook.PDF. Thanks for the warm welcome!

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