The 12 Days of Hunting Sing to the tune of “The 12 Days of Christmas” On the first day of Hunting, my true love gave to me A Convoy and a canteen On the second day of Hunting, my true love gave to me Two tourmalines And a Convoy and a canteen On the third day of Hunting, my true love gave to me Three trilobites Two...
Learn MoreKMGS Christmas Carol – Sing to the tune of “Silver Bells”! Chorus Silver Bells (silver bells) Silver Bells (silver bells) Its Christmas time in the city Ring- a-ling (ring-a-ling) hear them ring (hear them ring) Soon it will be Christmas day. Verse One On a rock pile, there were miners, excavating for gems In the air there’s a feeling of Christmas Children laughing,...
Learn MoreMazon Creek Concretions at Coal City Illinois Saturday morning early; about five am, we drove south to Coal City Illinois. We met with some fellow Rock Hounds from ESCONI (Earth Science Club of Northern Illinois) and went to an abandoned tailings pile outside of town, left idle since the coal mines closed in the mid 1960’s. We had loaded the gear into the van...
Learn MoreWe had a beautiful day for our KMGS picnic at Nixon park in Hartland. About 25 to 30 members showed up to “talk rocks”, show off what they have found so far this summer, swap stories, and make plans for future field trips. And of course EAT. John Rettler presented a new feature that the board decided on and that is to honor members that...
Learn MoreThe Irene Mine – Belvidere IL. July 16th, 2017 On Sunday morning the ESCONI (Earth Science Club of Northern Illinois, invited the KMGS to “piggy-back” on a field Trip with them to the Irene Mine near Belvidere Illinois. The open-pit style Dolomite Limestone Mine is known for exposing Gastropods, Cephalopods, Brachiopods, Trilobites,...
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