My Britton Clan

Misha gives me so many more pictures of the kids! Wish my other children would follow suit~

My little ones in California!

Anabeth made up her costume. I wondered who she was..she's the fire fairy! Kevin did a great job on those wings, and I'm sure Helen had something to do with the hair. Nolan ia a character from Star Wars, of course.One of the pictures looks like he's a little Muslim~ ha

Missing my little Oregonians

Missing these kids~ I just hate that I'm missing out on Meryn growing up. It's been so fun having Harrison around. I took care of him a couple times last week, and when Misha came home, he didn't want her..held onto me!! I love it~ Makes grandma feel wanted.

Happy Birthday Myrle

Myrle had a birthday! Can't believe that he is as old as he is, this also applies to me. Where did the years go? We went to eat at Arrowhead Grill, which was supposed to be wonderful. However our steaks weren't cooked properly, and mine was grizzly! But by the end of the meal, they took off almost 75.00 from our ticket, so it was a very cheap meal~ However don't think we'll ever go back! I'm missing Colorado~ Love the pictures when the snow starts falling. I don't want to be out in it, you understand.just want to stay inside and look!

The latest from Miss Meryn.this was a different smile, sorta a smirk! Love it! Kade and Emmie for Halloween~ all the kids do love to dress up~ So proud of my Trenton. He was asked by the football coach to play on the Varsity team, since his jr varsity season is over..told him he would receive his Varsity Letter! Pretty cool for a freshman~ And he's getting better and better playing his Cello! Love it!

Our Meryn

Meryn is growing up way to quickly~ I thought this was just the prettiest picture of her~

My Great Grandfather was Lemuel Edgar. We always called him Grand Spider, because of the beautiful spiderweb turquoise he and his brothers mined. As a kid we went to visit, and filled cans full of these beautiful rocks~ I still have jars of these rocks~ We recently went through Battle Mountain, Nevada on our way to Oregon. I still have Edgar family that lives there. Just not sure of the relationship. I need to do some research, and figure out who they are. Grandspider lived to be almost 100 years old. He died just short of the 100th birthday.

This is a picture of Grandspider, along with his oldest daughter, my Granny Zell, my mom, Kevin and I. Sad that they are all gone now.

Number Eight Turquoise Located in the Lynn mining district (no. 19, pl. 1 ) in northern Eureka County, north of Carlin, Nevada, the Number 8 mine is on the west side of the Tuscarora Range in the NW 1/4 sec. 4, T. 35 N., R. 50 E., and was at one time a gold and copper mining operation. It was in a large mining district encompassing ten 20-acre claims and was active from the 1930’s through the early 1950’s. Host rocks for the Number 8 deposit consist of intensely altered quartz monzonite, shale, and thinly bedded black chert, which are complexly folded, faulted, and much altered. Turquoise is concentrated along quartz veins in the intrusive rock and along faults in the sedimentary rocks. The number 8 mine was presumably discovered about 1925 by a barber from Carlin whose name has been forgotten, because he made no attempt to mine the property. The mine was rediscovered by Earl Buffington and Lawrence Springer in 1929. They filed formal claim to the property and proceeded to mine turquoise in serious fashion, producing about 1,800 pounds of good stone the first year. In 1930 Ted Johnson bought Buffington's interest and during the next four years produced about 5,000 pounds of commercial stone. In 1935 Doc Wilson bought the number 8 mine from Johnson but did nothing with the property and the claim lapsed. Myron Clark relocated the claim and, after working it for awhile, sold it to Lee Hand. Hand operated the mine for a short time, but became dissatisfied with the quality of the stone, and sold it to the five Edgar brothers who now own it. The Edgars extended operations and produced a considerable amount of fair-to-good turquoise. In 1950, as most of the visible turquoise had been taken from the workings, the Edgars hired a contractor with bulldozer equipment to remove overburden from another part of the claim. A deposit of copper had been found on the property, and the Edgars thought they might mine copper if they did not find more turquoise. The bulldozer, after digging a pit about eight feet deep and 80 feet long, uncovered a deposit of some of the finest spider-web turquoise ever found in Nevada. The deposit was mostly in nodules, some of gigantic size. One of the largest pieces of turquoise and matrix in the modern world, perhaps the largest nodule ever uncovered, was discovered at the Number 8 mine on June 23, 1954, by T. G. Edgar, J. M. Edgar, and Marvin Symes. This specimen was 33 inches long, 18.5 inches wide, and seven inches thick. Cleaned and polished it weighed 150 pounds. The nodule was of excellent texture, good color and hardness, and ranked with any turquoise of good commercial grade. Another nodule, of excellent quality, weighed more than nine pounds. It was sold to C. G. Wallace, of Zuni, New Mexico, for $1,600. The discovery proved to be a rather large-pocket and produced more than 1,600 pounds of the very highest grade turquoise before being worked out. Spurred by this find, the Edgars further explored the property, without finding any more spider-web turquoise of notable quantity. Other turquoise was discovered, however, of good commercial grade, sufficient to keep the mine in operation. Of the ten claims in this 20-acre area, the Number 8, first claimed by the Blue Star Company in Lander County, is considered the finest example of the gold-webbed turquoise.. The mine has produced one of the most prized spider web turquoise deposits in the world. In its prime, enormous nodules were found, including one that weighed 150 pounds. Number 8 turquoise is famous for its black, golden-red and brown spider web matrix background, which is set off by the soft blue to blue green turquoise. Only rarely does gem material appear: a very dark blue turquoise with black spider web matrix. The mine is now depleted and Number 8 turquoise is extremely rare and valuable.

Colorado Fall

I take so many pictures from the view. It's right out my patio, so I always watch the changing leaves on the trees~ This was so pretty..very dark rain clouds with the beautiful yellow leaves~ I'm missing Colorado. We came back this year way too quickly. And it's still hot in AZ..

October 2015

Love this little boy! He and Talen always have smiles on their faces. Meryn is starting to smile now..so sweet.

September 2015

Everyone's back in school, and everyone is growing. Kodi is thrilled with her little girl, finally.

Now Kora has lost her 2 front teeth~ Talan loves his croc rain boots, they just need some rain in Utah.

August 2015

After spending a few days at Kilee's in Utah, Myrle and I headed back to Colorado. Hated to leave Utah, and the kids~ But Myrle had a garden to get home to I had tried to talk him into not planting this year, since I knew we'd be gone alot..but of course he did it anyway. My niece, Leslie made me this beautiful crochet piece. I was in tears, I can't believe she made it for me. I was so pleased It's beautiful, such a talent/gift Wish I knew how to do this.

I need pictures of Anabeth and Nolan...They are so difficult to get to sit still, so I can get any. They are a crack up. Nolan and Dane got along so well in Oregon. And of course Anabeth thinks she every bit as big as Mallorie. It was wonderful getting to see them in Oregon. Miss all these little stinkers~