White Mountain Silver & Lead Mine, Shelburne, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA

Quartz crystal, approximately 2 mm long, with inclusions of spherical green chamosite. P. Cristofono specimen and photo.

© 2010 Peter Cristofono

Cross-sectional diagram of Shelburne Mine. Source: From Hodge, James T. (1853): Report on the Mining Properties of the Shelburne Lead Mining Company, at Shelburne, New Hampshire. Mining Magazine vol. 1 p. 30.

Looking into mine site from ledge above. Only one shaft visible. Brick workings also visible. Photo 2011 by P. J. Pelletier