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Today I drove 6 1/2 hours - 340 miles (Round trip) to meet up with about 20-25 other ESCONI ( Earth Science Club of Northern Illinois). This site visited was a shaft mine on private property and we were allowed to collect for 5 hours, making for a long day when you add in the drive time. I believe that the fossils found at this location are about 600,000 to 1 million years younger than the fossils found at Mazon Creek. If I am wrong, one of the Forum menders that were in attendance can correct me. As usual, I may miss a name, but here are some that I knew were present: @stats , @deutscheben , @flipper559 , @jdp . I had missed out on the trips to this location last year and really wanted to attend this year after seeing the pieces of bark that were found in the red dog shale that is found at this location as well as concretions. The red dog shale has the fossils baked into the shale as a result of a fire that occurred on the shat mine about 6 years ago. This pieces found are really pretty. This shaft mine was in operation from 1904 though 1946 and was owned by several different companies, including the Peabody Coal Company that ran the strip mining operation around Pit 11, etc. It was a hot day, first time this year we were in the 80’s and the wind was a constant 25 mph and gusts had to hit 35 mph. This post will be picture heavy and will most likely take a few posts. I will start with a lot of pictures of the area and the collectors, one I finish that, I will add pictures of my finds at the time that I found them. Most of my finds I did keep, since it was my first time there and I wanted a representation of the fossils found at the location. I know that some types of fauna can be found, but I only found flora, and most of that was bark, which I liked a lot more than ferns, etc. Now on with some pics- A pic of me- thanks @deutscheben
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