Ruggles Mine

To a great extent we are retracing a road trip I went on when I was 10 on this trip. What I remember of Ruggles Mine from when I was 10 was the huge arches and not finding anything except mica. The arches look a lot smaller to me now, but the rock-hounding was better than I remembered. We found some amazing pyrite and chalcopyrite and some great garnets, uranium, and quartz.

The kids had fun spending the morning sorting through rocks and I got to use my birthday presents - a crack hammer and pick.