Last Tuesday, six members of the Idaho Falls Gem and Mineral Society (IFG&MS) placed corner posts marking each corner of the Bighorn #1 and Bighorn #2 claims west of Dubois.

After planting a corner post on Bighorn #2, I saw the familiar colorful banding of a beautiful brown, maroon, tan and yellow piece of wonderstone, shaped like a woman’s lips. It reminded me of when I was a kid and we would buy big, red wax lips at the local drug store to wear until we chewed them up.

The group was led by Elton Modroo and Jeff Brough who had the job of finding the coordinates for each post. Each post contains information on a metal tag as to which corner of the 1500 by 600 feet claim it is. Each 4 x 4 post is anchored down with rebar and rocks to protect it from elk and deer knocking them down.

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