点评:MY WIFE AND I AND ANOTHER COUPLE HAD A MAGNIFICENT TIME RECENTLY AT THE MICA MINE, RECEIVING A TOUR FROM OWNER MR. JOHN WHEELER. HE IS MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT ALL GEMS AND MINERALS, AND HE DELIVERS A LIVELY AND INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION ABOUT THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY AND USES OF MICA, AND OF THE MINE'S DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT BY HIS PIONEERING FAMILY, WHO FIRST ESTABLISHED A FARM IN BETHEL MAINE. HIS HUMOROUS AND VIVID STORY-TELLING OF THE STUGGLES AND SUCCESS OF 4 GENERATIONS OF HIS FAMILY IS OUTSTANDING AND NOT TO BE MISSED. THE MOUNTAINSIDES' BEAUTIFUL VIEWS AND ROCKHOUNDING EXPERIENCE ATTHE END OF THE TOUR (ALL TOOLS ETC. PROVIDED BY THE WHEELERS); ARE AN ADDED BONUS, ALL OF US WORKED THROUGH THE MINERALS, GOING HOME WITH BOXES OF SMOKEY QUARTZ, GARNETS, TOURMALINE, AND MICA CRYSTALS. IN SHORT, IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE, AND A HIGHLIGHT OF OUR SUMMER.
翻译:我和我的妻子以及另一对夫妇最近在云母矿度过了一段美好的时光,并接受了矿主 先生的参观。约翰·惠勒。他对所有宝石和矿物最了解,并以生动、内容丰富的方式介绍了云母的工业历史和用途,以及他的开创性家族(他们首先在缅因州伯特利建立了一个农场)对云母矿的发现和开发。他以幽默生动的方式讲述了他的家族四代人的奋斗和成功,非常精彩,不容错过。旅程结束时,欣赏山间美丽的景色并体验攀岩体验(所有工具等均由推车人提供);额外的好处是,我们所有人都对矿物质进行了研究,带着一盒盒烟晶、石榴石、电气石和云母晶体回家。简而言之,这是一次美妙的经历,也是我们夏天的一大亮点。