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Seru Francisco Jobo - more to the South
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On Thursday March 10, 2016 the archaeology sleuths went once again to the Seru Francisco Jobo for further investigation. The previous weeks we had searched the Eastern slope and a small part of the Western slope (Jerimi side) of this mountain for traces of manganese mining. Apart from the two already known tunnels, one accessible, the other closed, we found several previously unknown locations where surface mining for manganese was done. This led us to the conclusion that the two tunnels were not actual the result of mining but are trial pits to determine if manganese was also present inside the mountain. Apparently this was not the case in sufficient quantities and that explains why there are no more tunnels in the mountain. Almost everywhere else in the world manganese is found in surface mines. Apparently that was also the case in Curaçao, although not in such quantities that profitable mining was possible. The mines were apparently abandoned after one year.
Back to the Seru Francisco Jobo searching for mining activities
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On March 3 the archaeology sleuths went back to the Christoffel park. The search for mining activities on the sides of the Seru Francisco Jobo is far from over. Last week we canvassed a part of the side of this mountain to the North of the known manganese mines. We found some areas where some mining activity could be seen. We assumed that these were trial pits.
This time we went searching for more activity to the South of the known mines on the Eastern and the Western slope of the mountain.
We parked our cars at the same spot as last time and went from there uphill a bit more to the South of our track from last time. Some of the sleuths had found there some traces of mining close to the top. So that was our first target.
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Continuation of our search for unknown manganese mines
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On Thursday February 25 we went back to the Christoffel park to continue our search for unknown manganese mines on the side of the Seru Francisco Jobo. This time we didn't park close to the Seru Bientu but close to were the trail to the known manganese mines start. There we went uphill passing the first and second mound of the debris that came from the two mines further up the hill. After a while we reached the lower of the two mines. The entrance to that mine is blocked. During a previous visit Fred went as far as possible through the small opening but behind the opening a lot of debris blocks the entry completely. It would be interesting to investigate this mine by removing the debris so that it can be entered.
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From Seru Bientu to Seru Francisco Jobo
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On February 18, 2016 we went back to the Christoffel park. This time an former archaeology sleuth joined us, Dirk, a long time member before he moved to The Netherlands. Being on vacation means that he can and will join us on our weekly hikes. Our target this time is the area were in the past manganese mining was done. There are known mines on the slope of the Seru Francisco Jobo but we wanted to check if there are unkown mining sites on the side of the Seru Bientu and the Seru Francisco Jobo.
Today we started at the parking lot where the path to the Seru Bientu starts. But instead of following that path we went uphill to the South of the top. We went over the ridge to walk on the slope on the Western side of the ridge. We already checked part of this slope in the past.
Dokterstuin - a roi, tanki's and the Seroe Sjajo
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On February 11, 2016 the sleuths gathered around 8 AM at plantation house Dokterstuin for a trip in the area to the North-East of the plantation house in the direction of the top of the Seroe Sjajo. We had several guests this time. It would be a rather short trip because we wanted to celebrate the 70th birthday of our chieftain, François, with a lunch in the restaurant of Dokterstuin.
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