RELICS OF THE GODS

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HOLE WALL SURFACES:

TEXTURED WALLS:

Modern rock holes have different characteristics than Ancient holes that allows us to tell them apart.

A portion of Peacemaker Rock was drilled, blasted and quarried around 1960.

1. Ancient hole surfaces are often (always?) vitrified. This includes the Small Holes. 

2. The star holes have protruding lobes.  There are even a few tubular holes that have mineral protrusions.

3. Ancient holes often have artificial mineral coatings inside of them.

4. Ancient hole walls are textured.

PROTRUSTIONS ON WALLS:

Some holes have protrusions extending from the hole wall.

LIMESTONE Blasting holes (circa 1960).
A portion of Peacemaker Rock was drilled, blasted and quarried around 1960. The blasting holes were drilled with a 3 inch diameter 4 point star bits. The star bits left a smooth hole wall except for small indentations where complete crystals were knocked out and some cracking from the explosion(?) but everywhere the the drill bit touched it is smooth and has a powdered looking surface.
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GRANITE splitting holes (circa 1995).
 
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PEACEMAKER HOLE 1:

This is a fragment of a star hole with short ridges.  This rock was taken from quarry ruble.

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PEACEMAKER HOLE 2:

This is a fragment of a star hole with well pronounced ridges.  This rock was taken from quarry ruble.

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PEACEMAKER HOLE 3:

This hole is away from the quarried area and is still in situ.  It begins as a half hole and funnels to a spot and the full star hole begins.  Heavy texturing but no sign of rotational drilling.  The surface appears to have been vitrified.

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SHASTA:

There is a drab looking stone line at the base of Mt. Shasta at a Public Shasta City Park on the shores of Lake Shastina. In the park is a drab looking stone line. It is actually really awesome line which appears to be lying under a 10,000+ year old pyroclastic flow.  These holes are from that rock line.  Every hole is vitrified.

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CONNETICUT HOLES:

The first photo by Tim MacSweeney shows a stone with a hole that is in excellent shape.  The interior is textured and the visible portion of the stone looks wet or vitrified. The second hole has a very coarse texture.

Hole in Conneticut Rock photo by Tim MacSweeney Hole Photo by Tim MacSweeney

SUTTER BUTTES HOLES:

Sutter Buttes hole in rock. Sutter Buttes hole in rock. Sutter Buttes Andesite Rock With 2 3/4 inch diameter hole.