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Posted by MTCarpenter on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 10:59 PM
What a beautiful neighborhood!  Great rock work as well.  Love the helix and tressels.
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Posted by altterrain on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 11:43 AM

Nice work Rex. My back aches just looking at that 10 ton pile Dead [xx(]!

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Posted by jhsimpson62 on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 6:32 AM
Rex, Both the bridge and the stone work look really good. Your project is coming along nicely. Keep us posted. Jack
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Pinetop rock work
Posted by Rex in Pinetop on Tuesday, September 25, 2007 11:59 PM

These last two weeks my better half was on a business trip (Penang) so I had some uninterrupted time to do some heavy rock work.  I started with 10 tons of contaminated (dirty) basalt 4-8 inch which actually had a fair amount of 2 and 3 inch stuff as well.  I back filled with mortar to "glue" it all together so the grout wouldn't show.  Anyway here are some pictures:

The rock pile 

The bridge and helix 

I even rocked some of the steps.  I do plan to put a tunnel portal face on both sides of these steps. 

Gold mine loop looking North 

Rex

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