2024, August 27 - I am currently on a writing retreat; Morefield Mine, the to-be-published book by Valutivity Press, is up to 84,115 words and over 200 pages--and that's not even including the hundreds of pictures that will be added closer to press time.
2023, March - Rare Earth Minerals @ Morefield
2022, January 5 - linked Paul Jones' obituary to the Friends of Morefield mine page
2022, January 5 - added Nancy Gibbs to Friends of Morefield mine page and her 📽️ on YouTube
2021, June 22 - added Betsy Martin, BA, Mineralogist
2021, June - added Robert "Rip" Willis
2021, June 2 - added article about Ferne Hutchinson in Stories
2021, May 26-29 - added many articles to Morefield mine Maps
- Added Rudy Bland's intro to Morefield mine specimens at DMME
2021, May 24-25 - added several new 📽️ Morefield mine videos
2021, May 24 - added photo of Bill to Warren “Bill” Diehl Baltzley
- Added 📽️ John Pigg's memories of Morefield
2021, May 23 - added Morefield mine Guessing Game
2021, May 22 - added Why is my Morefield find not on the species list?
2021, May 20 - added a video page for the Smithsonian excavation area
2021, May 19 - added to the Stories page, David Packard, The Golden Beryl
- Updated the Timeline to add Mr. Dunn in the 1960s.
2021, May 18 - added the 1st of Betsy Martin's many interview videos (transcript; video is on YouTube)
2021, April 16 - added Harvard Mineralogical Museum to Museums list. Added Mining@Mm article + linked to front page.
Virginia Minerals did a call out for the book on their Facebook page--thank you!
2021, April 14 - added Joan Dameron Baltzley's bio + updated Friends
2021, April 13 - notification added on The Morefield Gem Mine's Facebook page. :)
2021, April 11 - Everything!
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