SWORDFISH PICS

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=80 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="1dc00500dvldtc.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Swordfish Mining:   Virgin Valley Opal</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Swordfish Mining: Virgin Valley Opal"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="black_precious_opal.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BLACK OPALS">BLACK OPALS</A>   |   <A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DOMES">DOMES</A>   |   <A HREF="virgin_valley_precious_opal_mining_claims_from_the_miners_for_sale.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CLAIMS">CLAIMS</A>   |   <A HREF="opal_from_nevada.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PRECIOUS OPAL">PRECIOUS OPAL</A>   |   <A HREF="what_we_do.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WIRE WRAPS, BEADS, JEWELRY">WIRE WRAPS, BEADS, & JEWELRY</A>   |   <A HREF="cut_stonestops_gemstones_cut_for_years__these_stones_have_all_been_displayed_in_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GEMSTONES">GEMSTONES</A>   |   <A HREF="opal_twigs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LIMB CASTS">LIMB CASTS</A>   |   <A HREF="virgin_valley_wood_replacements.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PINE CONES BARK">PINE CONES & BARK</A>   |   <A HREF="precious_opal_snake_head_cast.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE SNAKE HEAD">THE SNAKE HEAD</A>   |   <A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GOODS">GOODS</A>   |   <A HREF="zincite_and_vulgarities.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MINERALS">MINERALS</A>   |   <A HREF="quartz_and_other_mineral_crystals_for_sale.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CRYSTALS">CRYSTALS</A>   |   <A HREF="leah_and_john.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ABOUT US">ABOUT US</A>   |   <B>SWORDFISH PICS</B>   |   <A HREF="the_sheldon.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CHARLES SHELDON NWR">CHARLES SHELDON NWR</A>   |   <A HREF="numbers.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us">Contact Us</A>   |   <A HREF="map_to_virgin_valley_fee_digs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Location">Location</A>   |   <A HREF="qa.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="QA">Q&A</A>   |   <A HREF="links_to_friendly_web_pages.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LINKS">LINKS</A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="045d2c00dvldtc.png"> <div> <IMG SRC="1f6cae70.jpg" border=0 width="202" height="231" ALT="Peanut opal Horse head wire wrap" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> $75 Australian "Peanut" Opal in Sterling Silver. The Horse Head.   </div> </td> <td valign="top" height=400 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> SWORDFISH PICS</div> <div> When you come to the high desert you might take home a rainbow.</div> <bR> <div> January 2005  <IMG SRC="260d05c0.jpg" border=0 width="464" height="348" ALT="A typical High Desert Sunset " ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1fb40f00.png" border=0 width="320" height="240" ALT="Snow Day" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Just a little snow...some years.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="13cab400.jpg" border=0 width="427" height="320" ALT="high desert snow shower" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div> Solid walls of snow showers will stop digging right quick.  Leave now or stick in the mud which won't say good bye. It's 5-9-03 at 2:30. Outside temp 37F with a nice brisk 15 mph wind. There's reasons nobody else lives up here.</div> <bR> <div> Solid walls of water will not stop the rock show.  Snyder's Pow Wow May 2003.<IMG SRC="13be1400.jpg" border=0 width="481" height="320" ALT="Snyders POW WOW 2003 mud walk" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="13a80aa0.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="426" ALT="Opal vendors" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Not a shabby day to pick out some night bright tops cutters.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="15440f00.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="240" ALT="Treated black super gem halequin sold" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="Arial" >Super gem Black</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="20a40f00.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="240" ALT="Virgin Valley Black Opal" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="15540f00.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="240" ALT="Conk cut longwise treated" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="Arial" > Super gem twig cab </FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="15740f00.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="240" ALT="Blonde conk from Rainbow Ridge" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="Arial" >Blond Green/Blue Conk</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="15340f00.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="240" ALT="Nevada precious opal limb specimen" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="Arial" >Green/Blue Limb specimen</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="15940f00.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="240" ALT="Rind stone, the round limb casings" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="Arial" > Multicolor "Rind" Opalized layer</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="15a40f00.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="240" ALT=" Brunette Conk from Bonanza. Opal treated. " ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="Arial" >Wood conk not NOT Dino Bone</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="21140f00.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="240" ALT="Scheelite from The Ashdown Mine" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Scheelite $4 pound</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="24540f00.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="240" ALT="Johns good branch from the year he quit the Bonanza." ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">2005 hot blue green wood</div> <div> <IMG SRC="24640f00.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="240" ALT="Blue Green Red opalized wood "end to end"." ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Blue Red flashes</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="280d05c0.jpg" border=0 width="464" height="348" ALT=" Quartzsite 2007, smaller with just me and no wolves. " ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">2006 Q</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Note all text and photographs copyrights reserved by John Church.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Republication not for gain is permitted with proper URL credit given.</div> <div>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div>  <img align=bottom src="http://www.thebook.com/cgi-bin/thebook/Counter1/Count.cgi?ft=0|tr=0|prgb=0;255;0|md=7|dd=B|st=333332|sh=1|df=virginvalleyopal_12_own.dat">  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>