Name/Title
Stone, BallastEntry/Object ID
1997.044.001Description
A collection of (7) small marble stones with smooth worn sides. Grey color with white flecks. One stone is a split fragment. Accompanying note states "stones are ballast from ships collecting gold, they used marble as weight which was replaced with gold. The rocks were then used in the crushers to grind up the quartz mineral. From Kimshaw Cove below Dooth Mountain, west Chichagoff Island". Gold mine.