[JimSEA]

Lol I was a copper miner. I worked in mines of one sort or another for my working life. Mostly copper in Arizona until 1984 then gold and nickel finally. They kept closing them down on me except the gold mine which I left for a higher pay rate.

[mairdie]

I visited a copper mine in Arizona! Absolutely fascinating. I'm remembering bubbles on a flowing metallic surface, but no idea what the memory is about.

Grandfather was Jack Bell. He had a copper-gold claim that started the Buckskin stampede. Won and lost fortunes from Alaska down to Central America. Stetson and six shooter, with a gunfight at the bottom of a silver mine.