Because of all the digging that has been going on here
and the rain of the previous night a large section of the
hillside was about exposed, so I decided to go ahead and
clean a profile off to get a good look at the stratigraphy of
the hillside we are digging in here.
We are obviously in a Pegmatite, the extent of which I have
no idea. Is the Pegmatite the country rock or are there other
layers there too, I am not sure about but it was nice to get
a good look at it. I was a little surprised that I did not see
the quartz vein that we have been digging in anywhere.
It might be trending more downward than into the hillside.
More digging might be necessary to answer these questions.

Here is "one" of Scotts' holes.
The quartz vein is in the brick red clay below the golden
brown clay in the wall. In Pic 2 Scott is holding a piece of
the quartz vein and there are small crystal points in the
piece in his left hand, (but very hard to see in this pic).

I see the problem immediately. For it being a day after a fairly good rain, Scott, in that last picture, you're wayyyyyy too clean! Not enough digging!

Glad you guys got out and had what appears to be a successful trip.

-Dave

It slowly turned its head and let out a long moooooooo as if to communicate with the other cows.  Others came to join the rally.

I saw that they had surrounded my car blocking me from a quick escape.  Finally one of them spoke saying, "Give us some amethyst and we'll let you leave."  The fact that I have been able to relay this event proves that I was able to comply with their wishes.  Indeed, I found amethyst.

These two are of the same specimen.  The first is with a white background so that the colors can show through.

Great pics, Scott!
Those cows are saying, "Dang, he's finding some nice purple!"