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2001 Field Conference

Gold Hunter Mine Tour Field Trip
Geologist Jon Carlson loading up the cage with a bunch of mine tourists
Mrs. Shaw, Mine Worker (a college student majoring in microbiology) and Bruce Cox driving down to the 4900' level road from the Lucky Friday Shaft to the Gold Hunter Mine
Darker colored fault surface dips toward camera, about 6 " above tour guide Jon Carlson's hand
Fault surface with striations near Jon's fingertips (Wallace formation of the Belt Supergroup)
Jon explaining how the drift has to be this big for this vein
Jon explaining mining of a vein
Jon explaining how veins are not just offset by faults...
...but follow along faults in some areas

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