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This month we are meeting at Greenbank Mill

Our Next Meeting: Monday, February 8, 2010

Location: Greenbank Mill, Wilmington, DE

We are having our meeting tonight.

I spoke with Wayne today to ask him about his observations.

Wayne Urion, who lives nearby the mill, gave us this assessment:
The parking lot is plowed though slightly snow covered (not ice).
The main road (Rt41) and Greenbank Rd from 41 is clear and dry.
Breenbank Rd from the bridge up the hill toward Prices Corner is poor.
Deep ruts as if it had not been plowed. My suggestion is don't use.
The parking lot across the foot bridge is untouched....Unusable!

--Wayne

Carpooling, if you can, is a good idea, as parking is very limited. The mill usually plows and shovels at a basic to good level right away, especially for the mill's residents.  Though I would err on the side of caution for safety's sake, I do believe the walk and parking are passable.  Please do be careful, should you decide to attend.

--Ken Casey, President

 

Program"Collecting at Red Hill, Clinton County, Pennsylvania"

Red Hill is a Late Devonian collecting site, about 361 million years old. At that time there was little life on land other that plants. The fossils from this site include creatures that were evolving onto the land. After the Devonian there was an explosion of terrestrial life. There will be a video introduction regarding this time frame of earth's history followed by DMS club members Gene Hartstein, Bob Asreen, Karissa Hendershot, and Alex Kane who will be showing examples of the incredible things that can be found at this wonderful site. Hopefully there will be a club field trip this spring to this location.

 

Times: 7:00PM - 8:45PM

7:00PM - 7:15PM  Junior Members Meeting
7:15PM - 7:45PM  Business Meeting
7:45PM - 8:30PM  Program

 

Refreshments: See Beth Simpkins to sign-up for our January 11, 2010 meeting snacks.  Cell: (302) 561-0255 and E-mail: dmshospitality@verizon.net


 

[Alex Kane]

 

 

At Our Last Meeting: Monday, January 11, 2010

Location: Greenbank Mill

Program"The Chestnut Hill Iron Mines of Lancaster County"

DMS member Jim Stauffer spoke on "The Chestnut Hill Iron Mines of Lancaster County". For many years Pennsylvania was referred to as "The Iron State' because of its substantial iron deposits and refining. Only after Hurricane Agnes precipitated the flooding of the famous Cornwall deposit in 1972 did Pennsylvania step down from prominence in the mining of iron ore. However, Iron ore was mined and smelted at many locations in Pennsylvania. Jim's presentation focused on the Chestnut Hill localities.



[Alex Kane]
 

Times: 7:00 - 8:30PM

Refreshments: Beth Simpkins

       
 
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
     
     
   
   
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

 

Past Programs

"Diamonds: Geology, Mineralogy & Gemology" by Tom Pankratz & Scott Peters

"Mica" by Wayne Urion

"How to Dig Up a Giant Dinosaur" by Jason Schein

"Annual 2007 Holiday Party & Silent Auction!"

"The Land Beneath Our Feet" by Tom Pankratz

"Fossil Fakes, Forgeries & Misconceptions" by  our own Gene Hartstein

"Show 'n Tell 2007"

"Annual 2007 Club Picnic & Sale!"

"Minerals of St. Hilaire, Canada" Presented by Phil Betancourt

"Field Collecting: Special Specimens, Good Friends, Great Memories" Presented by Alex Kane & Friends

"Caught in Canada, Minerals of Bancroft, Ontario Region" by Jim and Mimi Stauffer

"Putting Together Award-Winning Display Cases" by Wayne Urion & Esther Kerns

"Processing Minerals into Metals-History & Present" by Brownell Ferry

"Annual Holiday Party & Silent Auction"

"The Colors of Fluorite" by Ken Casey

"Preserving the Past: How to Manage Fossil Collections" by Jenn Anné

"Alaska" by Alex Kane and Tom Pankratz

"Mazon Creek Fossils" by Gene Hartstein

"Pearls" by Nancy Marks

"Mines & Minerals of Rush, Arkansas" by Eric Meier

"Faceting" by Tom Pankratz

Eric Meier's North American Collecting Locales

Holiday Party & Silent Auction

Joey Hatcher's "Maastrichtian Dinosaur Ecology of the Hell Creek Formation of Eastern Montana"

The Geology of Turkey

How to Buy & Sell on E-Bay

Ed Rowse's Trips to Peru, Ukraine & CA

Irenee du Pont Mineral Museum, U. of D.

Larry Krause's Collection

"Rhodochrosite: Red Treasure of the Rockies"

Don Miller's "Fossilpalooza!"

Eric Meier's "Tool Time at the Rock Club"

 

Questions & Comments: info@delminsociety.net

This page last updated:  February 08, 2010 02:19:41 PM

Next Meeting
 

February Program:

"Collecting at Red Hill, Clinton County, Pennsylvania"

General Club Meeting:
February 8, 2010
(Monday)

We are meeting at
Greenbank Mill


Special Meetings:
 2010 Board Meeting

Show Committee Meeting, Wednesday,
February 3, 2010

Next Field Trips
 

Fieldtrips!

Past Fieldtrips
 

Next EFTA Trips
For more info:
EFTA
Next Show
DMS March Show
March 6-7, 2010

Hosts for the EFMLS 60th Annual Convention


Our 2010 Show Theme: "50 States, 50 Minerals"

March Show 2008 Report

Updates!

Fossil Forum


"Dinny, the Dino"

"Belemnites are coming"

 

February MOTM

Coming soon!

"Another neighboring state's mineral"
Can you guess?

Past MOTM

Collecting Adventure Stories:

"Sunny Brook Crick Goethite" by Joe Dunleavy