Minerals Hunting Trip in ChenZhou area,HuNan province,China in 2006

Last Updated: 17th Jun 2009

Here is one of my minerals Hunting adventures story in 2006: I visited a mine in ChenZhou area,HuNan province,China. This is the nice landscape out the mine entrance. And I prepare to go into the mine. I will go deep into over 1000m under surface.

I changed the rubber overshoes which we only use in waterish ground. And I went into,there are very waterish and dark in channels,

After a long walk,I came to a channel which is gradient and it is the entrance to deep place,I took the tip lorry down and down,it is a heartquake trip in tip lorry,I should keep my head can not be bumped by the protrudent rocks on the top of the channel,and sometimes the speed of the tip lorry was very fast,you will feel that you don't know the end of the channce in dark,you will feel nervous,excited,,,

At the bottom of this down channel,I walked a aclinic channel,and then arrived at another down channel,after 3 times repeated,,At last,I arrived the "bottom" of this mine at least over 1000m down surface,but the miners still digging down and deep...

And I found a geode full of calcite crystals,which called "air hole" by local..Maybe after a hour I prepare to back to surface,I really didn't feel very well under surface so long time,there is dark,waterish,,anyway full of minerals:-) Then I came back to surface,during this time to surface,I met two dangerous thing,but I solved these problems with miners help,I should thanks them here,I will tell you if we get a chance talk about minerals hunting adventures...

Chen Xiao Jun
Nickname: John or John Chen
From ShangHai city, China

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wow John, what a great mineral hunting trip. Would love to go there one day. Do u have any more article like thi one..cheers trevor

trevor kitto
20th Jun 2009 8:02am

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