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Baker Egg Thundereggs Collected by JeffreyA. during April 2006 Mining Expedition. Baker Egg Mine, Hermanas, Luna Co., New Mexico |
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Paul "GeodeKid" Colburn and his partners, originally intended to mine the Baker Egg during March 2006 for four days, but had to be postponed to April 2006 due to very bad and dusty weather. I had an opportunity to help Paul C. gather the Baker Eggs for his shop in exchange for few 5-gal pails of Baker Eggs for my own collection. They decided to try digging at the old pit where Paul C. mined the eggs during 1970s, and we had excellent results for only a short time when the egg bearing stratum became out of reach by the backhoe. They tried to take a different approach and hit a fault that displaced the egg-bearing stratum where they came up with nothing but clay. The next three days saw plenty of poor luck as the miners attempted several test trenching to relocate the displaced stratums that can be backhoed. It was obvious that they will have to make a shaft/tunnel to reach the egg-bearing stratum which they couldn't reach with the backhoe. The Baker Eggs won't be as plentiful as they used to be, and will be more expensive. Even with all of the luck they had with the mine, the eggs from that stratum are most astonishing I have ever collected so far. The gallery presents the examples of what I collected from that stratum, and the best ones are on the last page. What I found are what would make the Baker Eggs a World-Class! |
This is typical Baker Egg (most Baker Eggs contain this color) |
Another typical Baker Egg. |
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Has more on next page! (Best ones are on the last pages)
For more information on Baker Eggs, visit;
Paul "Geode
Kid" Colburn's Baker Egg Mine Website