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Maine’s Incredible Tourmaline The story of the Havey Mine by John Murray
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ince childhood, Maine resident Forrest L. Havey has possessed an interest in mining, and this interest was cultivated because of the mining activities that were happening in the state. Since the 1800s Maine has produced large amounts of feldspar. Feldspar is a pale colored crystal, and is the most common mineral that is abundantly found near the surface of the earth. As Havey grew into a man, he would turn this boyhood passion into an occupation as a feldspar miner. With nearly ten years of experience successfully mining feldspar in the Lewiston area, Forrest L. Havey had a hunch that farmland owned by David Brown would be a good patch of land to prospect for
feldspar. This farmland was near the settlement of Marston’s Corners, six miles west of Lewiston. An agreement to obtain a ten-year lease was made with landowner David Brown, and Havey immediately began searching
for feldspar. His initial efforts were dismal, and after working the land for a few months during the summer, Havey abandoned the farmland to return to his other mining operation in the Lewiston area. For nearly five years the leased farmland was ignored by Havey as he concentrated his efforts on the other existing feldspar mine. Efforts were taken on the farmland to search for feldspar, but was stopped again after a few months of labor. A year later — in the summer of 1910 — Havey returned to the leased farmland with a dozen laborers. Over the course of the next three weeks, Forrest Havey and his group of (cont. on page 60)
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