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Andrea Horning commented on this post about 1 day ago
Andrea Horning uploaded 21 photos in the album Winter Visit to The Purdy Mica Mine Mattawa Ontario CanadaSee previous comments ...Comments (16)-
I find it exciting when you can still see the evidence of what has been mined, such as in this case mica. Never seems to work for the gold minesI find it exciting when you can still see the evidence of what has been mined, such as in this case mica. Never seems to work for the gold mines though. More ... -
Kim Kenyon Right! It was so shimmery and pretty in this mine
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This is so cool. Where did you get the snowmobile? -
EH Canada : Support My friends here have sleds. They let me use one for a couple days. Rode 250kms!
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Way to go, Andrea Horning !! -
This reminds me of the mica mine at Murphy's Point Provincial Park, The Silver Queen Mine, also in Ontario. Like you indicated in the gallery,This reminds me of the mica mine at Murphy's Point Provincial Park, The Silver Queen Mine, also in Ontario. Like you indicated in the gallery, everything is so sparkly! The beach at Murphy's Point is positively glittery thanks to the mica! More ... -
Anja Cahill That sounds amazing! A whole glittery beach!
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The geology here looks fascinating, but I love the bats!! Do you know what species they are? -
Sonya Richmond I think they are Little Brown Bats? Not 100%, but from what I could gather. I used to sit in a particular spot at my cottage nearSonya Richmond I think they are Little Brown Bats? Not 100%, but from what I could gather. I used to sit in a particular spot at my cottage near Peterborough, and make a weird sound as a kid trying to call the bats in... it always worked though! And they'd be flying all around me. As I got older and friends started coming to the cottage with me, I'd do my bat call and scare my city friends with my flying friends
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The mine looks like a really fun place to explore. We are planning an international trip this spring and the thing that got us to say yes to theThe mine looks like a really fun place to explore. We are planning an international trip this spring and the thing that got us to say yes to the destination was being able to bike and kayak underground through an old mine! More ... -
Janet Guthrie That sounds so cool!!
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Andrea Horning They also have a lot of caves. I will be sure to take pictures and share the story with you when we get back.
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Janet Guthrie I would love to hear about it! I was away last year and specifically picked an excursion to explore a cave in a tropical rainforest
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