[Jewelry making - Article 00612] - Re: [Orchid] Utah Rock Shops

[J Morley]

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John,

    One of the coolest rock shops I have ever been in besides the one I
    worked in as a kid is a place called Ernest Shirley Rocks located in
    Hanksville, Utah. It is on the way to Torey, Utah. Between
    Hanksville and Torey an on, is Capital Reef national park, it is one
    of the most scenic rides in the United States. There are petroglyphs
    on the walls of the canyon that you should not miss and the canyon is
    littered with apricot trees planted by the Mormon settlers.
    Hanksville is a, if you sneeze you can miss it town with a gas
    station general store and a couple of eateries down the road.
    Ernest's rock shop is like something from a movie it is a small old
    store with wooden floors and shelves of all types of mineral
    specimens and such. Dino bone is every where, Arrow heads and
    artifacts. Pottery shards by the boxes in the back are huge piles of
    all types of rough. There is another building in the rear of the
    place that houses an assortment of tools and pallets with dino femurs
    that are like five feet long. In the corner of one of the rooms I
    found a bone about 4 ft long that had been broken off and in the
    center of the bone was a pocket of amethyst crystal surrounded by
    banded agate. There are skulls and antlers hanging on his fences in
    the back and the proverbial junk yard dog. He had a bunch of red cell
    dino bone. That is what we went there to find. If you can get to
    Denver in Sept. there is a huge show around the 22 that has many Utah
    dealers with great material. We have bought Dino beads and great red
    cell there. If you want to make the trek to Hanksville it is an
    adventure. We have not been there in about 2 years. Always stop when
    we go to Lake Powell. Ernest was getting on in years maybe 80 I
    think. 

    You might give a call his # is 801-542-3454.  Hanksville is
    basically off highway 50 out of Green River. After about fifty miles
    the road tees and to the left is Lake Powell and Moab to the right is
    Hanksville and Farther down the road Torey. Bring a Camera. Please
    e-mail me if you go and let me know how it was. The directions are
    from memory so I would use map quest. 

Regards J Morley Goldsmith/Laserwelding

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