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| Animas River After Gold King Mine Disaster. Source: See Daily Signal link below |
In August 2015, an EPA crew inexplicably dug out the rock and rubble “plug” to the long abandoned Gold King Mine, triggering a massive blowout that flooded the Animas River with 3 million gallons of acid mine drainage and, according to the EPA, over 550 tons of metals...
Click here to read more about that.
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Things have been going well down south. The Dare recently recovered three silver coins on the trail of the Atocha.
The Magruder found a small gold artifact said to be a pendant. It appears to be gold wire with a gold two-piece filigree bead and with a pearl near the end. A similar one was found in 1985.
Here is a picture.
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| Small Gold Artifact Found by Margruder Source: Personal email. |
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| Shipwreck Wood Washed Up on Beach. Source: See Daily Astorian link below. |
CANNON BEACH — What at first glance looks like one of the many logs that line Cannon Beach may be an uncovered keel of a boat from a possible shipwreck.
The wood object, which measures about 18 feet long and several hundred pounds, was found Wednesday afternoon on the beach close to the Taft Street access by Jeffrey Smith of Portland. Looking for a place to rest after walking with his wife, he noticed rusty square nails, notches and square cutouts in the log and decided to call the Cannon Beach History Center and Museum...
Here is the link for more of that story.http://www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20170615/possible-shipwreck-debris-uncovered-in-cannon-beach
Cannon Beach! Pay attention to place names.
Shipwreck wood occasionally washes up onto Treasure Coast beaches too.
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As I've been saying, "Its time to start watching for tropical weather." There are two disturbances out there now. Neither will likely affect the Treasure Coast much, but keep watching.
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| Source: MagicSeaWeed.com. |
Happy hunting,
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