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by SwordfishMining
Tue Jul 14, 2015 3:52 pm
Forum: Opal Stories, Myths, & Poetry
Topic: Paiute Wisdom From the Land of Virgin Valley Opals
Replies: 2
Views: 903

Re: Paiute Wisdom From the Land of Virgin Valley Opals

Now you see why I was in no hurry to start working on this. Russians.. what cha gonna do with em eh. Off to the other one. Thanks RR.
by SwordfishMining
Mon Jul 13, 2015 9:18 pm
Forum: Opal Stories, Myths, & Poetry
Topic: Paiute Wisdom From the Land of Virgin Valley Opals
Replies: 2
Views: 903

Paiute Wisdom From the Land of Virgin Valley Opals

Stone Mother One day the father of all Indians came to this area and lived on a mountain near stillwater. It is said that he was created near Reese River. He was a very great and good man. He was very lonesome and wished he had someone to keep him company. One day, much later, Woman heard about man....
by SwordfishMining
Mon Jul 13, 2015 9:16 pm
Forum: Opal Stories, Myths, & Poetry
Topic: Why they call it Pearl Camp
Replies: 0
Views: 778

Why they call it Pearl Camp

Mining districts around the world are populated by random "angels" dispensing miracles. She was known for helping grub stake gold prospectors but, Virgin Valley was just over the pass thru Idaho Canyon. This article is a glance into the past. Even has hounding directions. Link goes to the ...
by SwordfishMining
Mon Jul 13, 2015 9:10 pm
Forum: Critter Corner
Topic: Who doesn't love swallows ?
Replies: 8
Views: 730

Re: Who doesn't love swallows ?

The ducks wanted outside alright, for good reason. I love Swallows and all the insect eating birds, but they are not allowed to build nests over where I regularly walk or park or you'll get a colony going.
by SwordfishMining
Mon Jul 13, 2015 9:00 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Server issues....again
Replies: 9
Views: 581

Re: Server issues....again

Was not implying YOU had one of the cheap servers and their explanation proves it. Seems I always had to learn some weird proprietary thing and mostly just how to "use" it at that. At PP&L it was SCADA and we had to use Leading Edge Word Processor for our logs. When we'd lose the compu...
by SwordfishMining
Mon Jul 13, 2015 2:46 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Stanford researcher warns sixth mass extinction is here
Replies: 18
Views: 1184

Re: Stanford researcher warns sixth mass extinction is here

I feel like a troll as I'm driven to make others understand the solar cycles. Most can not think ahead of next week because of the flack the media puts out. A short video and the longer one he refers to pretty much lays out the current change. If I had money I would definitely be looking to set up a...
by SwordfishMining
Mon Jul 13, 2015 2:19 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Server issues....again
Replies: 9
Views: 581

Re: Server issues....again

I host virginvalleyopal.com on BluHost & they always notify me before any "scheduled" maintenance and apologize and explain any unplanned outages. If I can't get to somewhere on the internet, I don't worry as I know what a house of cards it is. Usually it is fine the next day or week. ...
by SwordfishMining
Mon Jul 13, 2015 2:11 pm
Forum: Something you feel is missing? Comment on it here!
Topic: Forum limitations
Replies: 12
Views: 3203

Re: Forum limitations

This is me over there m. There are a bunch of groups for opals or gems already. Search for groups usually gives up all the public ones, but not the secret ones that already have memberships. I notice several are going secret instead of public for reasons I'm not sure all of, but could easily be for ...
by SwordfishMining
Mon Jul 06, 2015 4:39 pm
Forum: Gemstones
Topic: 8 Reasons Why Our Industry Needs a Chain of Custody
Replies: 2
Views: 271

Re: 8 Reasons Why Our Industry Needs a Chain of Custody

Yep. On the small scale. Where did that stone that guy at the show dealing for years/walk in really come from. I told people " I have at least a half a story on everything I sell." Well, mining I know the whole story on the opals here......I need a hole in the ground. At least a saw runnin...
by SwordfishMining
Mon Jul 06, 2015 4:34 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: FIFA Women's World Cup Final Today
Replies: 10
Views: 704

Re: FIFA Women's World Cup Final Today

Congrats to the girls or should I gloat & go burn some random car? Naw, that's not polite. I've got A trip in me for a couple years if that & it will be the 100th running of the Indy 500. Pit passes! My friends sponsor a lap and own an antique racer they run some years for display. The Babe....