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To: upcountry miss

Got lots of ideas for more rock placement this summer when the river gets low enough for “rock harvest.” LOL. At the rate I am going, I need to live to 100 to get just half of my projects finished.<<<

Laughing and able to imagine the scene.

Keep your eyes open for one with holes, so you can pound grains in the pockets and they make nice stools to sit on.

Or two of like size, with a plank across them, to sit on.

The miners used big ones, on an arm, to grind the ore in a rock bin, think wishing well, I have found several old Spanish arrastas, some with the smooth sided rocks and a home made eye bolt on the top, so it would connect to the arm.

In the beginning slaves pushed the arm and here they used donkeys from Mexico.


699 posted on 02/11/2009 5:02:20 PM PST by nw_arizona_granny ( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2181392/posts?page=1 [Survival,food,garden,crafts,and more)
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To: nw_arizona_granny

Two of like size, with a plank across them>>>
Why didn’t I think of that? For 25+ years, I have single-handedly been clearing the underbrush along the river bank, leaving just the trees. Every year I have several hugh piles of brush to burn in the spring when it is wet enough to have a bon fire. Must have 700-800 feet cleared now Got places for half a dozen “settees”. Hubby will be cursing you. That means 12 more big rocks to haul from the river and he hates for me to put “stuff” out that he has to mow around. I can’t wait. Just love to go down by the river, sit quietly and watch for birds and wildlife. One day, I watched a mother otter and her two babies while mama was teaching the babies to “hunt” turning over the rocks and chittering away at the young. Won’t those settees be nice, placed along the bank?


855 posted on 02/12/2009 11:11:42 AM PST by upcountry miss
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