| This mine is not much to look at, but it is a big mine. | | | | sharp left turn onto Old County road and drive 0.75 |
| Living on the coast of Maine also does not leave too | | | | mile to where driveways turn left and right. From this |
| many options for mineral collectors. Most of the major | | | | point, continue straight ahead for another 0.30 mile on |
| mines, with the exception of the Callahan mine are | | | | woods road, driving carefully over the rough parts. This |
| found in North Western Maine. This mine is located in | | | | is a dirt road. Turn right into parking area for C.O. |
| the town of Edgecomb in the County of Lincoln, Maine. | | | | Schmid Preserve, at entrance to side road, and park |
| This mine has not been worked for a long time. There | | | | on left side of this road. (avoid private property on right |
| are two open pits that I have found, both of which are | | | | side) Walk south on woods road for about 900 feet to |
| filled with water. The first quarry is smaller than the | | | | clearing on knoll. Quarry pits and dumps are in woods |
| second, but it is still quite large. Talise piles can be | | | | on south side of clearing. (Maine Mineral Localities 3rd |
| found around this quarry and along either side of the | | | | EDT. by W.B Thompson, D.L. Joyner, R.G. Woodman, |
| road. A dirt road runs along the quarries and then the | | | | V.T. King) |
| trail turns into four wheel trails. The second and older | | | | Make sure to ware a heavy duty pair of boots, |
| quarry is back in the woods a ways. Talise piles are | | | | preferably water proof. There are some marshy |
| scattered all around this quarry. Judging from their size | | | | areas on the way to the mine. I would also |
| and depth I would say they removed a lot of material | | | | recommend that you bring some bug spray. The black |
| from this second pit. I believe this mine was originally in | | | | flies and mosquitos are thick out there.You don't have |
| operation for its muscovite mica. I really did not find too | | | | to be too concerned about sun screen, because the |
| many fantastic specamines from this mine. I only came | | | | area is pretty heavily wooded. There was plenty of |
| away with some samples of smokey quartz, | | | | shade when I was there. A sifting screen will come in |
| muscovite mica, and some orthoclase feldspar. | | | | handy here since the talise piles have bot been |
| Minerals that can be found here are almandine garnet, | | | | worked in a long time. If you want to find anything then |
| beryl, biotite, muscovite, microcline, milky quartz and | | | | your best bet is to sift through the talise piles. I dug |
| smokey quartz. I did find some samples of almandine | | | | through the piles for a while and only found quartz, |
| garnet, but they were small crystals. Unfortunately I | | | | mica, and feldspar. I generally only visit this mine when |
| was unable to find any beryl. I did find examples of all | | | | the urge to go mineral hunting strikes me, but I don't |
| of the other minerals that can be found here. Here are | | | | feel like traveling too far. I recommend visiting this mine |
| the directions to locating the mine: | | | | only because you never know what you are going to |
| Driving from the junction of route 1 with route 27 in | | | | find. Just because I had no luck it does not mean that |
| Edgecomb, drive south on route 27 for 3.10 miles. Take | | | | you won't. |