Posted on 07/17/2024 5:37:04 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Buried beneath the surface of Sage Mountain Center is a foundation of granite and crystal. Above the earthen surface are magnificent rock formations of magical scale and form. Our lives here have been embedded within these formations that are a part of the little known 75-million-year-old Boulder Batholith of North America.
The Boulder Batholith is a relatively small batholith in southwestern Montana. A batholith is a mass of plutonic rock larger than 100 square kilometers (40 square miles) in area, which forms from cooled magma deep in the Earth's crust. The Batholith was named for the prominent rounded boulders that typify its landscape and the result of the weathering of fractured granite. Pondering the intricate and seemingly intentional formations, one cannot help but wonder if they are all naturally occurring. People are traveling to this area from all over the world and expressing a variety of views of this place being a sacred site of timeless healing built by early humans, to just another pile of rocks. We hope that our on-going scientific research will aid in answering some of these questions. Interestingly, the largest quartz crystal in Montana was also discovered here and currently resides in the Mineral Museum at the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology in Butte.
In 1996 while hiking around the property one day we discovered “The Sage Wall”. The Wall is a 275' long x 24' high jaw-dropping marvel. In order to make these boulder areas more accessible and highlight their beauty, we created a moderate two-mile trail system. Additional features of the trail include 400-year-old Douglas fir trees, the spectacular views of the Ruby Valley 20 miles away, and the Highland Mountain Range sitting at 10,000' elevation.
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There's been some sudden interest in a geological formation in Montana -- but not good attention, some nitwit crap about how it was built by humans. Even Scott Wolter didn't fall for it in Rockwell TX, where another geological feature has sometimes been misinterpreted as artificial over the years.
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My Uncle had me building a stone wall on his farm in Montana.
For $10,000, I will give a personal tour of it.
I call it “The Fool Around And Your Uncle Will Have You Working In The Hot Sun Building A Wall” wall.
I watched a youtube video about the Sage Wall yesterday. I wish I had those several minutes back.
LOL!
:^)
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