Comments on Weird Nazareth: Magic? Of Quartz!

It would be interesting. But bear in mind, artifac...

2009-08-23T11:46:12.442-04:00

It would be interesting. But bear in mind, artifact collectors have been searching the area for a long time. Sadly, it's probably been robbed of most of what archaeologists would want to see, without any of it being carefully documented. It is tragic how much of pre-European American history has been lost forever to private artifact hunters. (Innocently, of course--no one even thought about it years ago.)

I once found remains of a flintlock pistol down there, and although I tried more than once I could never convince anyone from the historical society to accompany me down there to see it. I didn't feel it was my right to remove it, so it may be down there still, tucked away. You're right--it would be interesting to have a professional survey Black Rock.

Why isn't there any archeological investigatio...

2009-08-23T11:31:05.845-04:00

Why isn't there any archeological investigation of Black Rock? It seems fairly undisturbed and could hold thousands of years of Nazareth history beneath the ground.

Wow, that's amazing. Thanks for telling us tha...

2009-08-04T07:20:20.722-04:00

Wow, that's amazing. Thanks for telling us that story. More proof that Nazareth is more interesting than it looks!

During the construction of the tri-oval race track...

2009-08-03T22:26:22.220-04:00

During the construction of the tri-oval race track back in late 60's my brother and a friend found quartz crystals and flourite in the infield. Our rockhound father got permission for the Pennsylvania Earth Sciences Association (amateur geologists aka "rockhound" club) to do a dig. There was a crevice that my brother was lowered into that he described as glittering with crystals. Everything was filled in and the infield was seeded with grass.

Maybe during future construction someone will rediscover this rich vein of minerals...