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This rock is not very large but it is heavy. Someone suggested that it was possibly copper, but I could not find any pictures of copper that looked like this. Could this be raw silver like the type that you would find at a site like Jim Bowies lost silver mine up in the Texas Hill Country near San Saba, Texas? If this is indeed copper, would this type of rock be found near the silver ore of a lost mine? Also, I did see a picture on Google that showed a rock like this that was Turquoise, but I did not think that Turquoise was very heavy. Kelley (Texas)













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I might take this rock to a rock shop and see if they could tell me what it is. Do you know what type of rocks would be around a silver mine? Would a silver mine have to be a hole in the ground or a hole in the side of a hill? Could it be an open pit or something like that? I hear tell that other minerials will often be in the silver ore too...any truth to that? Please have a great day! Kelley (Texas)

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i know there isn't alot of wood out that way but years ago there might have been.forgot what the other mineral is that occurs with silver but when virginia city, nevada opened up i think something else was mined.

The grain is different from that strange blue/green colored rock. The petrified wood is normal weight when compared to other rocks the same size, where as the blue/green rock is very heavy. I am just puzzled, but I really need to know if it would indicate a silver mine nearby. Please have a great day! Kelley (Texas)





This is a photo of the end part of the petrified wood, notice the pores.

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There were enormous quantities of silver found there. Quite literally thousands upon thousand of tons. Still a lot there too. Some of the silver was mined by shaft mining, some the miners just hacked away at the side of a mountain. In one memorable instance, some folks were wandering around and came upon a boulder. It weighed 125 tons and was almost pure silver.

That being said, a great deal of copper was extracted too. So yes, i suspect that copper ore could be in close proximity to silver. I did up here.

Wayne may know more about this.

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Mike

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I know absolutely nothing about mining or minerals...thus the questions. I may have a story about this in the future. Again, thank you! Please have a great day! Kelley (Texas)

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The man that wrote this book, C. F. Eckhardt lived in Seguin, Texas, not far from San Antonio, Texas. I do not know if he is still living or not, but he wrote several books on Texas history. I hope that you enjoy the book. Please have a great day! Kelley (Texas)

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already refined silver,coinage etc.i've not read about it in a long time.i remember a story of some guys looking for it on private property.if anybody could find it would be an interesting story.i believe the story was they hid it while battling indians or mexicans.hope you can find something out about the rocks fred,good luck.

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man,depending on the price of silver they made out pretty good.

http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/text2html/.visual/img_txt/dir_72/b_06300.txt?B-06300



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Mikie