by
Lula Lake Land Trust
@
9am-1pm
Plant Fossil Dig/Hike at the old Durham Mines in Walker County, Georgia. Led by the Executive Director of the Tellus Museum, Jose Santamaria
The Durham mines, part of the Lula Lake Land Trust, is one of the best places in Georgia to collect Pennsylvanian plant fossils, dating back approximately 320 to 300 million years ago. The area was once a coastal swamp forest populated by the giant ancestors of ferns, seed ferns, club mosses and horsetails. As these plants died, they accumulated in the stagnant waters of the swamp bottom, gradually turning into coal and fossil-rich shale. We will be collecting in the overgrown mine dumps from when the area was mined for coal. The best way to collect is to dig shale out, split it, and look for leaves and other plant fossils. We will have staff on hand to help participants.
Date: Saturday, February 25, 2023
Price: pay what you can donation goes directly to Lula Lake Land Trust's conservation efforts.
Meet: no later than 9:30am at the Durham mines for check-in, signing releases, and instruction. Please be on time. We head out to the dig site at 9:45 and collect until 1pm.
Directions: GPS Coordinates: 34.86537636865632, -85.41903172482985 or click here for Google directions. From the intersection of GA 157 and Durham Rd, go west for about 0.5 miles to an open parking area on the right with an open gate.
Limit: 20 people
Important Details
Feb 25
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9am-1pm
Durham
Durham Road Lookout Mountain, GA 30750 United States
Lula Lake Land Trust
$
Donation
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