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November 18, 2015 www.DesertMessenger.com 25 Corner of Moon Mt. & Cowell • Quartzsite • 928-927-5400 QUARTZSITE'S ONLY YEAR ROUND SALON Sandy, Debbi, Jo Cheyanne, Sheryl, & Beth ARE HERE FOR ALL YOUR OPEN YEAR ROUND! Hair, Massage, Manicure and Pedicure Services PROSPECTORS RENDEVOUS RV Low monthly rates for season! Water & Sewer Included $ 110/month for five-month season lease Located 6 Miles South of Quartzsite 29620 N. 53 rd St. in La Paz Valley • 928-927-6661 The second annual Soup and Chowder Festival will be at the QIA on Saturday Dec 5, from 3 to 5:30. All funds raised will go to the Friends of Quartzsite Food Bank a new Non Profit Org in Quartzsite to help support our food bank. This is a Thrivent Action Team event and thanks to Thrivent al- most every penny taken in will go to the Friends of Quartzsite Food Bank. We are looking for people to enter the competition of the best soup or chowder. This year there will be a People's Choice award and a First Second and Third place award that will be given out to the winners who will be judged by some mem- bers of the Thrivent team coming up from Yuma and a few more selected judges. What is needed is anyone who has a food handlers card to come to the QIA on Friday to cook their soup or chowder, or it can be done outside in an commercial kitchen. The Quartzsite Police Dept have volun- teered to make a pot of something and it would be nice to see a few other organizations or groups to get in the fun and stew something up. We are also looking for vol- unteers to help serve and to set up and clean up after it is over. Last year they raised over $1,200 they hope to do even better than that this year. As a community we can do it if we try hard. Also seek- ing for donations for Raffle items for the Soup and Chowder Festival. Call Pamela Caskey at 603 834 0647 for more information. Soup & Chowder Festival seeking cooks color, rather than its characteristic grey, pink or purple. In addition to the manganese, the presence of chrysacolla, azurite, malachite, cuprite, and an iron pyrite in this mix adds to the beauty of this ore. Epidote and lead in the form of galena is present in this material as well. This gorgeous material is sometimes called Buckskin Moun- tain Chrysacolla. Another location producing man- ganese ore of the green variety is the Cienega District of the Buck- skin Mountains where the Sue Manganese Mine is located. The Sue Mine produced very rich ores of copper, gold, silver, and man- ganese. The iron ores associated with this mine are hematite and pyrite, along with the copper ores of chrysacolla and malachite. The Sue Mine was worked sporadically from the 1860's to about 1963 and produced over 400 tons of ore. Other mines within the Buckskins such as The Signal Mine, Copper Prince, Swansea, and The Clara Mine also produced rich ores containing copper, gold, and silver, well into the 1940's. The Mineral Hill Mine operated between 1900 and 1970 and was reported to have produced nearly 1 million tons of ore containing gold, silver, and copper. The recently opened Cop- perstone Mine and several other mines are producing high grade ores from the Buckskin Mountains today. In addition to these larger ROCKS FROM PAGE 24 mines, there are numerous small mines scattered throughout the Buckskin mountains, and many un- explored ore deposits known from Old Lore as "lost mines". Whether you are looking for pre- cious metals, gorgeous lapidary grade rough, or simply a day out enjoying history and amazing scenery, the Buckskin Mountains will reward you with riches and beauty. For more information on the Buckskin Mountains, as well as maps to Planet Mine and Mineral Hill, come to RocksInMyHead, Rice Ranch, Space A37, in Quartzsite and the phone # is 605-376-8754. We are open 7 days a week from 10am to 5pm through March and online year-round at www.RocksInMy- Head.com. We have beautiful green "Buckskin Mountain Chrysacolla", Azur- ite/Malachite/Chrysacolla silicate gem rough, and Chrysacolla in Rhyolite available. We also have a full selection of rockhounding, prospecting and lapidary supplies, as well as lots of awesome rocks, fossils, minerals, and gemstones. Maps and Directions to Planet Ranch and Swansea are available at the store and by download. Email Jenn@RocksInMyHead.com . Don't forget to sign up for our awesome Email Newsletter for tons of great info, tips, tutorials, and special deals for all your rock- hounding, prospecting and lapidary adventures. Sign up today at www. RocksInMyHeadWorld.com. • Birth • Obituary • Anniversary Place it FREE in the: Desert Messenger! 928-916-4235 Got something to share?

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