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Concrete Bar with all form work removed. The concrete formwork is removed to review a hardened sculptural form that will outlast its owner, architect, and builder. This is sustainable architecture furniture made from a durable mixture of fly ash concrete to last centuries and possibly far longer. The bar measures 35’ in length and extends a 5’ cantilever on one end. The concrete surface will be sealed with a clear gloss finish to protect it (acrylic urethane polymer product with low VOC) when it has completely hardened. Bar stools towards the end of the concrete bar.

I just returned from a weekend trip to the desert at Joshua Tree National Park. A highlight from the trip was a hike up to the Lost Horse Mines that still have a stamp mill intact. I was interested in researching the mine further and found some interesting back stories that involved robbery, bandits, prospectors, and some gold production. The Lost Horse Mine was originally opened in 1894 in the Mojave Desert in what is now Joshua Tree National Park . The work to haul up and put together the stamp mill and to pump water up to the high elevation point that the mine is located seems immense. The stamp mill is used to crush the rock brought up from the mine shafts and allow the gold to be extracted. For more information and the story to the mine check out these sites: http://digital-desert.com/joshua-tree-national-park/lost-horse-mine/ http://digital-desert.com/gold-mining/stamp-mill.html http://www.nps.gov/jotr/historyculture/lhmine.htm http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com