Upper MI Outing July 2014
Wednesday July16th
We left home at 7:00 AM to meet up with Lee & Shirley. We stopped in Antigo for
propane for the camper. We got to Lee’s home by 8:00 AM. We stopped to eat at
Bruce Crossing at 10:00 AM. By 1:00 we got to the Hancock City Campground and
started to set up. By 4:30 PM we were just about done setting up and waiting for
Dennis & Janice to get here.
Thursday July 17th
We slowly got up around 8:00 AM I was up at 6:30 AM and had breakfast of eggs &
beacon. Then we talked about what mines we should hit. We decided on going to
the Cliff Mine first and did find copper, calcite with copper in and even a
chisel point. Next we went to the Phoenix store to get permission to go in to
the mine site. We got to the around 2:00 PM and stayed till 4:00 PM. Randy did
the best wit some real nice copper pieces. On the way back to camp we went to
check out the Rock shop and then we went to check out the Wolverine Mine. We got
back to camp around 5:00 PM.
One of the Cliff Mine Dumps
Randy's copper from the Phoenix Mine dump
Friday 18th
We got up around 7:00 AM and had breakfast of eggs & bacon. The first mine we
went to was the Delaware Mine, we didn’t find much but I find some Green Stone.
The next mine we stopped at was the St. Clair Exploration Mine, I found some
Green Stone, some found some real nice copper. The we went to the Phoenix Mine,
Randy did real good with copper. We were all hot and tired so we went back to
camp, on the way back we stopped at the Rock Shop then to the Wooden Spoon for
some homemade bread and Jam yum yum. We eat and then folks started to show up
for the big dig on Saturday. We didn’t get to bed till around midnight LOL.
The Delaware Mine dump
The ST. Clair Mine Exploration Mine dump
Gary found a drill rod at the Phoenix Mine
Saturday 19th
We got up early and Randy & Guy left for the Phoenix Mine. The rest of us left
camp at 8:45 AM for the Phoenix Mine. Around 1:00 PM we left for the Cliff Mine,
four of us went up to the top to the Cliff Miff #4, Dan found a real nice drill
rod. We left there for camp at around 3:30 PM for the cook out.
The Phoenix Mine dump
The Cliff Mine dump
The Cliff Mine #4 dump on top of the cliff