Great presentation Erin. The outstanding specimens that have come out of the Blanchard Mine have boggled my mind. Some so delicate and some so colorful a description can be a mouthful. I am glad to hear that many have made it to museums so others can appreciate the beauty of the Blanchard rocks and minerals. My family visited the Blanchard mine often back in the 1960s. Mom and dad always made sure Mrs. Blanchard had groceries and water. Our time spent with her, adventuring in and around her mines always went by too fast. As a child awkwardly entering my teen years I was in awe oh her, her strengths, toughness and bravery living there by herself. There were bullet holes in her house where unknown parties often took pot shots at her to remove her from her property. One night as Mrs. Blanchard turned over in bed, a bullet hit where her head had been laying just seconds before. I became very fond of Mrs. Blanchard, she taught me a lot. Yes, she was tough, she had to be, but she was also patient and kind. While my family went their way adventuring, Mrs. Blanchard and I would do some adventuring of our own. She showed me some of her favorite places to visit, always carrying her walking club which she used on occasion to gently lift out a unfortunate animal that had fallen into a deep crevasse filled with water. She taught me how to make a jim-dandy fire out of dried cow pies, a art that I fall back on to this day. As for those of you that wonder how she bathed,,,she didn't waste water, she took a bar of soap out and washed when it rained. Now in my mid 60's I still think fondly of her. With a lump in my throat I say, "I'm ready to go on another adventure Mrs. Blanchard, let's enjoy the desert breeze , the aromas that it brings, impart your wisdom to me, I'm listening ". Halley Patrick
Great presentation. Thank you to Thomas and Alex for arranging this and recording this. Thank you to Erin for taking the time to put this together. Keep up the great work!!
Oh my God I had no idea that this place was so famous! When I was little kid my dad would take us down to see Mrs Blanchard who was a friend of our families I was always scared to death of this crazy old woman but my dad idolized her and we still have some of the amazing specimens my dad was allowed to take home from her amazing mine. And my mom would always tell me a frightening story of when one night misses Blanchard rolled over in bed in a bullet pierce the pillow she was laying on narrowly missing her
Thank you for this enlightening presentation! Turns out I live an hour away from this place. If I wanted to go rockhounding, who would be the person to get in touch with to obtain permission to do so?
See Alison at the Bingham rock shop, a wealth of knowledge. She holds some claims out there and you can collect for a small fee. Also do some mining claim research for expired and unclaimed spots.
Having collected there twice, I was mesmerized by the presentation. I can't for the life of me recall the exact date, but it had to be in the very late '90's to the very early 2000's. There was a peculiar woman running the Bingham rock shop and thus the claims as well. I was wondering if you recall her name. I got quite a bit of some nice galena and the blue fluorite and searched desperately for some linarite, but to no avail.
you must have a major in english ,your off the hook ,you speak fluent english, mid west english,the correct blend of east coast new england with a smathering of minisota hey my guess is you like rocks.i was an agate man from northern wis near duluth.have you seen the crusifix rocks (sorry lost that name) that 1 in thousands are a perfect cross and the best raw copper ore everywhere, but now im retired in silver city till i finish the purchase of 400 acress in the magdalinas ,cibola federal forest. coming in 2025 our surplus store in socorro ,ill bring rocks and au
Hahaha... Just kicked it off perfect. "First of all just want to let y'all know that New Mexico is a part of the United States." Haha F*** Yeah. Swear it's like half the US don't even know we're a state.
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Great presentation Erin.
The outstanding specimens that have come out of the Blanchard Mine have boggled my mind. Some so delicate and some so colorful a description can be a mouthful. I am glad to hear that many have made it to museums so others can appreciate the beauty of the Blanchard rocks and minerals.
My family visited the Blanchard mine often back in the 1960s. Mom and dad always made sure Mrs. Blanchard had groceries and water. Our time spent with her, adventuring in and around her mines always went by too fast. As a child awkwardly entering my teen years I was in awe oh her, her strengths, toughness and bravery living there by herself. There were bullet holes in her house where unknown parties often took pot shots at her to remove her from her property. One night as Mrs. Blanchard turned over in bed, a bullet hit where her head had been laying just seconds before. I became very fond of Mrs. Blanchard, she taught me a lot. Yes, she was tough, she had to be, but she was also patient and kind. While my family went their way adventuring, Mrs. Blanchard and I would do some adventuring of our own. She showed me some of her favorite places to visit, always carrying her walking club which she used on occasion to gently lift out a unfortunate animal that had fallen into a deep crevasse filled with water. She taught me how to make a jim-dandy fire out of dried cow pies, a art that I fall back on to this day. As for those of you that wonder how she bathed,,,she didn't waste water, she took a bar of soap out and washed when it rained. Now in my mid 60's I still think fondly of her. With a lump in my throat I say, "I'm ready to go on another adventure Mrs. Blanchard, let's enjoy the desert breeze , the aromas that it brings, impart your wisdom to me, I'm listening ".
Halley Patrick
My grandma grew up in Blanchard, NM in the 50s and 60s. Was the town named after Mrs. Blanchard?
Also I haven’t watched this video yet
Great presentation. Thank you to Thomas and Alex for arranging this and recording this. Thank you to Erin for taking the time to put this together. Keep up the great work!!
Interesting talk; lots of great info. Thank you, Erin!
Oh and wonderful presentation as well:-)
Great job Erin! Very interesting and informative.
Wow. Thank you so much. Great work.
Great job!
Been there! And also the rock shop in Bingham. The whole area has fascinating geology.
Oh my God I had no idea that this place was so famous! When I was little kid my dad would take us down to see Mrs Blanchard who was a friend of our families I was always scared to death of this crazy old woman but my dad idolized her and we still have some of the amazing specimens my dad was allowed to take home from her amazing mine. And my mom would always tell me a frightening story of when one night misses Blanchard rolled over in bed in a bullet pierce the pillow she was laying on narrowly missing her
Wow that's crazy!
good stuff
How do you get permission to explore this mine?
Part of the U.S. and chile for every meal! 😂💚💚💚
nice
so erin, as part of a younger uplift to the laramide orogeny would the intercontinental seaway had being in the same basic region,
Thank you for this enlightening presentation! Turns out I live an hour away from this place. If I wanted to go rockhounding, who would be the person to get in touch with to obtain permission to do so?
See Alison at the Bingham rock shop, a wealth of knowledge. She holds some claims out there and you can collect for a small fee. Also do some mining claim research for expired and unclaimed spots.
Having collected there twice, I was mesmerized by the presentation. I can't for the life of me recall the exact date, but it had to be in the very late '90's to the very early 2000's. There was a peculiar woman running the Bingham rock shop and thus the claims as well. I was wondering if you recall her name. I got quite a bit of some nice galena and the blue fluorite and searched desperately for some linarite, but to no avail.
Allison?
@@aboutpar That sounds right.... been a LOT of years.
you must have a major in english ,your off the hook ,you speak fluent english, mid west english,the correct blend of east coast new england with a smathering of minisota hey my guess is you like rocks.i was an agate man from northern wis near duluth.have you seen the crusifix rocks (sorry lost that name) that 1 in thousands are a perfect cross and the best raw copper ore everywhere, but now im retired in silver city till i finish the purchase of 400 acress in the magdalinas ,cibola federal forest. coming in 2025 our surplus store in socorro ,ill bring rocks and au
jhahahaha 😂🤣😅 I'm from Mexico and you almost got it right but you forgot the coke cola to wash it down.
Hahaha... Just kicked it off perfect. "First of all just want to let y'all know that New Mexico is a part of the United States." Haha F*** Yeah. Swear it's like half the US don't even know we're a state.
Was that snip about "New Mexicans" supposed to be funny?? Not laughing.
Lol. It was funny,
Lighten up!