This weeks field trip was to Wagontown Idaho for some agatized Petrified Wood. Well Wagontown is situated on the Idaho and Oregon boarder area of the Owyhee mountains just about 10 miles from Silver City.
 
 
To get to Wagontown take highway 95 about 30 miles south of Marsing Idaho. Then on the left hand side of […]

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Yes another Idaho Quartz Crystal dig! Silver City Idaho is a very famous silver mining town situated in the Owyhee mountains of Idaho. Silver City is about 65 miles from my home in Boise and I am quite amazed that this trip took so long to get to.
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Dismal Swamp Idaho and it’s famous Smoky Quartz Crystals has been on my list of Rock Hound trips for quite a few years.
Dismal Swamp Idaho is situated in Central Mountains of Idaho near Atlanta. The trip started on a late start as my alarm clock did not go off, and I was an hour late […]

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Yesterday Myself and two other Owhyee Gem Club members ventured into the rugged Owyhee Mountains of Eastern Oregon. For those that are not familiar with the Owyhee Mountains they are situated right on the border with Oregon and Idaho. The Owyhee Mountains are world famous for it’s Owyhee Picture Jasper so thats what was on […]

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Saturday June 21 was the Owyhee Gem and Mineral Societies Jamieson Oregon Petrified Bog Wood field trip. For those of you that are not familiar with were Jamieson Oregon is it is about 30 miles north west of Ontario Oregon with the collection site about another 10 miles on a dirt road just north […]

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