Directions to Tresckow / McAdoo quartz crystal spot(here they are again for those who have asked): If you are coming from Hazleton come into the center of McAdoo on 309 at your first light take a left it is E.Blaine St. follow it over the railroad tracks and it bends to the left that is W oak st. you go past an industrial building on your left and maybe a hundred yards or so park in the first pulloff area on your left(after the paved entrance to the sewage plant). The stripping hole is there you cant miss it the hole it is huge. Follow the main trail by the parking area(the hole should be off to your right of the trail) around to the back of the pit, bear right when the trail T's, then right again by the back of the hole, and you can see a small sandy platform. There is a rope tied to a tree to climb down there(if they aren't stolen)
Cons: NOT KID FRIENDLY, Moderate to difficult climbing involved. The ropes there are getting old & frayed, and were cheap to begin with...I would bring your own. Copperheads were spotted during warm months. Don't wander on the RR tracks behind the mine, they are off-limits and patrolled.
I wouldn't expect something like this if you only dig a day or two, I dug there almost every day for 6 months straight...got tons of material but this was one of my favorites, it's probably in the top 5 I've ever dug there.
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g8een 4 points · Aug 2019
do you know the name? id love to go!
DigDigDig11 [OP] 18 points · Aug 2019
"The Echo" in Tresckow
[deleted] 1 points · Aug 2019
do you know which strip mine?
DigDigDig11 [OP] 10 points · Aug 2019
Directions to Tresckow / McAdoo quartz crystal spot(here they are again for those who have asked): If you are coming from Hazleton come into the center of McAdoo on 309 at your first light take a left it is E.Blaine St. follow it over the railroad tracks and it bends to the left that is W oak st. you go past an industrial building on your left and maybe a hundred yards or so park in the first pulloff area on your left(after the paved entrance to the sewage plant). The stripping hole is there you cant miss it the hole it is huge. Follow the main trail by the parking area(the hole should be off to your right of the trail) around to the back of the pit, bear right when the trail T's, then right again by the back of the hole, and you can see a small sandy platform. There is a rope tied to a tree to climb down there(if they aren't stolen)
Cons: NOT KID FRIENDLY, Moderate to difficult climbing involved. The ropes there are getting old & frayed, and were cheap to begin with...I would bring your own. Copperheads were spotted during warm months. Don't wander on the RR tracks behind the mine, they are off-limits and patrolled.
DigDigDig11 [OP] 7 points · Aug 2019
I wouldn't expect something like this if you only dig a day or two, I dug there almost every day for 6 months straight...got tons of material but this was one of my favorites, it's probably in the top 5 I've ever dug there.
tofu_tot 4 points · Aug 2019
This is an amazing piece, glad your persistence really paid off :)
DigDigDig11 [OP] 5 points · Aug 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMw5sJ0eyZw