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[:)]Seeing as how I'm a "boot" to the world of forums, allow me to introduce myself. My name is John R. Lauch and I live in Charlotte, NC.(JR) I am currently modeling an obscure mining and logging shortline that really did exist in Northern Va. circa 1880-1920. There is very little history remaining about this place which is located inside of a national park named Prince William Forest Park near the quaint little town of Dumfries, Va. (They're on the net) As I said, there is little remaining about this mine, one site layout drawing, done in 1914, one photo taken of the main mill circa 1908 and some small artifacts. Of course this all boils down to scratch building because there are no models of any of the bildings, motive power or rolling stock. The strangest thing about this mine is that although this is BIG gold country, these folks were after something called "Fools' Gold (sulfur pyrite). This mineral was used at that time to make sulfuric acid (one of the darlings of that era's industries) Unfortunately, [:(] I don't have the capability of submitting photos but we are looking at digital cameras so there may be hope yet. Thanks for listening. <br /> <br />JR <br /> <br />
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