August 2005 Mount Mica update: the first half of the 2005 mining season proved productive, with a huge pocket being found in July.

From: Rocks & Minerals | Date: November 1, 2005| Author: Freeman, Gary | Copyright information

Since the discovery of pocket 28 in 2004, our work at Mount Mica has been continuous, save only for a brief winter delay from mid-January to mid-March. During the second week of January 2005, we started a drift eastward (up strike) from the adit that intercepted pocket 28. In April, Jim Clanin, a well-known geologist and mining engineer from San Diego, joined Coromoto Minerals, LLC, bringing his worldwide experience in gem mining.

By mid-April we had found four significa...

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