While staying in Brattleboro, VT we saw a brochure for a mine that had mined for mica and other minerals for many years.  We decided to take a day trip and go see it. It’s called the Ruggles mine, and mica was first found there in 1803.  During the next 150 years the mine was … Continue reading Ruggles Mine – they mined mica for over 100 years