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Post by ken on Nov 4, 2009 17:57:38 GMT -5
Rough Rider Lady Leg with sowbelly agate from the Crede mine, Co. Stamped 440 steel razor sharp on blade. Wish I could take better pictures. Looks like it has nylon mesh stockings on it. Heel is a bottle opener.   |
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Post by writerman2255 on Nov 4, 2009 19:16:34 GMT -5
Pretty clever, Ken. Indeed
Love and Light, Tom.
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Post by 4cornersrocks on Nov 5, 2009 12:26:27 GMT -5
Sowbelly and a bottle opener... couldn't get any better than that!  |
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Post by ken on Nov 5, 2009 13:04:56 GMT -5
Better only if used for a beer bottle..... ;D ;D ;D
Thanks, Daniel
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Post by 4cornersrocks on Nov 5, 2009 19:43:24 GMT -5
Better only if used for a beer bottle..... ;D ;D ;D Thanks, Daniel I guess that's why I make beer, so I have bottles to open! If only we had a stylish bottle opener... ;D |
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Post by Dicky the Rockhunter on Nov 5, 2009 19:43:35 GMT -5
It seems that the sowbelly leg is a great reminder that the silver and gold mines out here were vertical veins  and the hard-rock drillers would stand on a plank in a vertical tunnel 200 to 1700 ft down, over the previously blasted and removed ores and tons of sowbelly, and drill upward-- many fell or were crushed when the ceiling fell on them thusly the dilling operation and drill were known as widow makers .  So you have done the ladies a complement and the pattern stocking effect ain't bad either.  Heres to opening a few with that wonderful knife! ;D Dicky |
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Post by 4cornersrocks on Nov 5, 2009 19:55:18 GMT -5
It seems that the sowbelly leg is a great reminder that the silver and gold mines out here were vertical veins and the hard-rock drillers would stand on a plank in a vertical tunnel 200 to 1700 ft down, over the previously blasted and removed ores and tons of sowbelly, and drill upward-- many fell or were crushed when the ceiling fell on them thusly the dilling operation and drill were known as widow makers . So you have done the ladies a complement and the pattern stocking effect ain't bad either. Hers to opening a few with that wonderful knife! ;D Dicky Widow makers, ohh that makes sense now. I've heard that before but didn't understand the meaning. I knew them as "vertical stopes" not as cool a term, lol. When I was in the Bessie G there were stopes up to 200 feet tall, the "rooms" were 6 to 15 feet wide, 100-200 foot deep and 100-200 feet tall, not what I expected. Drill into the tunnel ceiling, blast, take away 1/2 the rock, then drill again while standing on the new pile and repeat. Sounds like fun!  ;D |
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Post by gsellis on Nov 6, 2009 12:03:29 GMT -5
I see that and think Christmas Story. Is it Fra Gil E, you know, Italian? LOL
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Post by ken on Nov 6, 2009 14:11:55 GMT -5
Replaced pictures with better ones.
Ken
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and the hard-rock drillers would stand on a plank in a vertical tunnel 200 to 1700 ft down, over the previously blasted and removed ores and tons of sowbelly, and drill upward-- many fell or were crushed when the ceiling fell on them thusly the dilling operation and drill were known as widow makers . 
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