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    If you have a library nearby with topographic...

    If you have a library nearby with topographic maps it will show you the old rail line and exactly where the tunnel is. If you don't a local college geology dept would have them.
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    It's been a long time however I've been there...

    It's been a long time however I've been there many times but that was over 40 years ago before the highway construction. Then you could walk from one side to the other and the inside was dry only the...
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    Just make sure you have a hard hat and very good...

    Just make sure you have a hard hat and very good flashlight. The tunnel is a mile long and vibration from the highway above has caused multi ton pieces of rock to fall from the ceiling.
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    You're in Orange Co? Take a quick trip to...

    You're in Orange Co? Take a quick trip to Wirtsboro. There's an old abandoned Railroad Tunnel. The tunnel goes through a mountain of pure slate. If it's not been closed to access it's rock cut so you...
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    I've been collecting minerals since I was 10...

    I've been collecting minerals since I was 10 years old and my field in college was Geomorphology.
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    It's true, rocks don't smell. What you do smell...

    It's true, rocks don't smell. What you do smell are the remnants of soil and mold and mildew all all the other stuff that lives in the ground that comes into contact with the rock and remains there...
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    If you asked 90 of 100 geologists about hones...

    If you asked 90 of 100 geologists about hones they probably couldn't even spell the word hone. You need to find a petrologist (a rock guy) who then specializes in economically valuable rocks and then...
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    Any rock or substance harder than steel can be...

    Any rock or substance harder than steel can be used as a hone and as a matter of fact softer ones too. Hold your razor under a stream of water for a few hundred years and you'll have a finely honed...
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