<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000>When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000>my parents had a custom cannery in the Yakima Valley...</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000>they swept their parking lot...covered with ash...and made some labels and sold it as a novelty in the cannery.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000>People saw it, made a deal with my parents, took it to Vegas, </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000>and sold it in one of the casinos...</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000>Yep...people buy anything..</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000>I just didn't know about being sure exactly where it came from...</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000>and dating it..</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000>and that it would still be in the 'ash' state....</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000>Of course I knew..*laughing*..that ash travels far and wide..</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000>and a good wind...well, isn't that far at all..</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000>Thanks friends..</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000>*sheri*</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000>in washington state</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #800000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=gemstone@flash.net href="mailto:gemstone@flash.net">William Moats</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=geysers@wwc.edu href="mailto:geysers@wwc.edu">geysers@wwc.edu</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 26, 2005 7:38 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Geysers] Volcanic Ash Sample from Yellowstone Eruption</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello All,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Apparently there is a buyer for the volcanic ash sample for sale on Ebay.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyway, not far northwest of  Albuquerque is an ash layer that is believed to have been deposited by the last major eruption in Yellowstone.  If this person makes good money selling Oklahoma ash, I may have to go dig some New Mexico ash and give them some competition.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>--Will Moats</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P>_______________________________________________<BR>Geysers mailing list<BR>Geysers@wwc.edu<BR>https://mailman.wwc.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>