Buffalo Rock Mining - beauty is truth and that is all you need to know

Waterbird’s Nest –Where we can learn and grow together in truth and respect.  That is the name of a beautiful blog site where there is a posting about the Buffalo Rock Mining Company. 

 Here are extracts from the posting on the mine:

When the buffalo were scarce in the past, a legend tells of a Blackfoot woman going out and looking for guidance about how to feed and clothe the tribe.

“She came along and found one of the ammonite that she thought was a beautiful rock. She took it back to the tribe and, within a short time, the buffalo came back,” said Beth Day Chief, one of the owners of the Buffalo Rock Mining Company.

The story inspired the name of Day Chief and her husband Tracy Day Chief’s company, Buffalo Rock Mining Company. Day Chief said it’s the first aboriginally owned mining company mining for ammonite and she is appreciative of Blood Tribe chief and council and Indian Affairs for giving them the opportunity to start the company on the Blood Reserve.

The mining began six short weeks ago, but Day Chief and her husband started looking into doing the mining five years ago and incorporated their company more than two years ago, with shareholders and marketers Cathy and Todd Spencer coming on board. They eventually hope to employ 25 people from the Blood Tribe.

The company has taken special precautions with the site, 10 kilometres southwest of the Lethbridge County Airport, close to the St. Mary River. They’ve had Fisheries and Oceans Canada come in and elder Bruce Wolf Child examine the site because it’s close to the river and a buffalo jump.

Maybe the blogger is “a single voice hidden wihtin the vast and overwhelming society,” but this is nevertheless a voice worth going to to read and enjoy.