July Field Trip – Saturday July 15th Red Top Mountain

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July Field Trip –  Saturday, July 15th

Red Top Mountain (back side), Cle Elum off of I-90
We will be looking for agates. We will try to look at 2 locations in the area.
Our field guide will be Tony Johnson.
 
Meeting place:Mineral Springs Cafe off of Highway 97 27510 US -97 Cle Elum, WA 98922
Time group is leaving: 10 AM
 
You will need pick, shovel, misc. hand tools, gloves and bucket or backpack. Sometimes a walking stick is helpful.
Updated: January 7, 2018 — 9:09 pm

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