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Good Tires. Any way you come to the mine will be at least 20 miles of gravel road.
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Drinking Water. This is dry high desert country and you need to allow two gallons of drinking water per adult per day.
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Food and high energy snacks. The Mine does not provide food for visitors except on potluck nights. Potluck nights are
Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. Please bring something to share.
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Cool clothing. It gets hot out here during the day.
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Sun Screen and a protective hat. The sun can be intense here.
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Warm clothing. It can freeze here any night of the year.
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Your favorite shovel and screen if you have them. If not, we can loan you some.
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Eye protection, especially if you plan to use a pick or hammer to break up the brittle basalt parent rock.
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Other digging implements such as work gloves, a hammer and pry bar, etc.
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A good attitude. This is about having fun, making friends and
finding pretty rocks. If this is your goal, then please come visit us.