Field Trips - June 2002

E.S.C.O.N.I.

FIELD TRIPS - JUNE 2002

The main summer field trip for ESCONI will be June 10-21 in Nebraska and South Dakota where we will be collecting fossils, minerals and agates. See below for details.

Field Trip #8 June 9, 2002 Illinois Cement Quarry, LaSalle, Illinois

Sunday 8:00 A.M. Meet at the Quarry. Hard Hats required. Age Limit is 12 and above. Take Interstate I-80 to Interstate I-39; Take a left and go south to Illinois Route 6. Take a right on IL-6. About 600 ft you will take a right onto Troy Grove. You will take a left onto Oakwood cemetery road. Stop and wait at the gate. Bruce Galloway will have copies of the liability form for each ESCONI member to sign. Bealis Giddings will lead the trip for ESCONI. Reservations required. Please call John Good before June 7 at 630-483-2363 for reservations or e-mail at jgood10481@aol.com.

Field Trip #9 June 10 - 21, 2002 Summer Field Trip to Nebraska / South Dakota

The highlights of Week #1 will be collecting in fee sites in Nebraska for Oligocene fossils and digging for dinosaurs in Northwestern South Dakota with Paleo Prospectors. The highlights of Week #2 will be collecting in fee sites in Nebraska for Oligocene fossils, visiting museums, collecting fossils and agates in the Black Hills, and digging for dinosaurs in Northwestern South Dakota with Paleo Prospectors.

For those planning to dig for dinosaurs with Paleo Prospectors, ESCONI must make reservations with PaleoProspectors by April. Lodging reservations should also be made as soon as possible. Lodging and travel information are being researched and will be added to the web site as soon as possible. Exact details of the trips will also be made available when these arrangements have been finalized. Any questions about PaleoProspectors and collecting dinosaurs with them, contact Rob Sula at (630) 236-9695.

Week #1: June 10-14

Field Trip Leader: John Good

Meet at 8:00 a.m. Monday June 10 at the High Plains Homestead (See Below for Location Info) in Crawford, Nebraska. We will be collecting at three (3) fee areas; two for $30 a day per person and one for $40 a day. We will be collecting vertebrate fossils from the Oligocene. There are nearby locations for agates. We will be visiting museums on Wednesday including the Black Hills Institute Of Geological Research. Exact details to be announced. Collecting will be in the Black Hills area Thursday. For Friday, June 14 we have scheduled a dinosaur dig at a fee area near Buffalo, South Dakota with Paleo Prospectors. The rates for PaleoProspectors will be $100 a day with limited collecting, $180 a day with normal collecting and $250 a day includes lodging.

Weekend : June 15-16

If enough people show interest, we will be collecting in Nebraska at three fee areas as described above.

Week #2: June 17-21

Field Trip Leader: TBA

Meet at 8:00 a.m. Monday morning June 17 at the High Plains Homestead (See Below for Location Info) in Crawford, Nebraska. We will be collecting at three (3) fee areas; two for $30 a day per person and one for $40 a day. We will be collecting vertebrate fossils from the Oligocene. There are nearby locations for agates. We will be visiting museums on Wednesday including the Black Hills Institute Of Geological Research. Exact details to be announced. Collecting will be in the Black Hills area Thursday. For Friday, June 21 we have scheduled a dinosaur dig at a fee area near Buffalo, South Dakota with Paleo Prospectors. The rates for PaleoProspectors will be $100 a day with limited collecting, $180 a day with normal collecting and $250 a day includes lodging.

TRAVEL

From MAPQUEST- Hanover Park, Illinois to Rapid City, South Dakota; Total Distance: 917.96 miles. Estimated Time: 15 hours 37 minutes 48 seconds

LODGING

Recommended Lodging for Week #1 - High Plains Homestead
263 Sandcreek Road
Crawford, Nebraska, 69339
Phone 308-665-2592
www.highplainshomestead.com
e-mail: drifter@highplainshomestead.com

Our Heritage Bed and Breakfast

http://www.vacation-ranch.com/

e-mail: jnkolling@bbc.net

Call Jean (308) 665-2810

Call Dianne (308) 665-1613

Chadron- Nebraska

Lodging, Dining and other Information about Chadron, Nebraska.

Paleo Prospectors

Paleontological Survey and Excavation in the Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota. Collecting vertebrate fossils such as Triceratops, T. Rex and small theropods. Oligocene fossils are also collected.

Recommended Lodging for PaleoProspectors Dinosaur Dig

Tipperary Lodge
N. Hwy 85
PO Box 247
Buffalo, SD 57720
(605) 375-3721

South Dakota Geological Survey

Nebraska Geological Survey (Soil and Conservation Dept)

Museums

Black Hills Institute Of Geological Research

217 Main Street

Hill City, SD 57745 USA

1-(605) 574-3919

1-(605) 574-2518

Black Hills Mining Museum

323 West Main Street