Yes - the white sand with no iron or such in it - since
Libby (IIRC) had an internal valley where fruit and all was
put in jars used it as well.

The sand pits in Santa Cruz county outside of Scotts Valley
and for the most part that side of the San Lorenzo river
is sand.  The other side is clay and Redwoods.

There were articles in the paper about the post war work
to build up the islands again - large storms can move it outward
leaving a lava and coral beach area.  Not nice for "Hawaii Calls"
with Aurthur Godfrey...

Hawaii was black sand from Lava.  So white sand cane from Santa Cruz.
I lived in Santa Cruz Mtns. for 17 years and played chicken with
the sand trucks on the highway for many of those years.  Two large
pits exist.

Yes it was the truth - trucked from the docks.  Not from the mountains.
The port is more or less protected being on the south west side, but
that is the direction of Typhoons!  The large sand mover.
Martin

Robert Lipe wrote:
> Martin,  When I was in Hawaii, I heard that The Sand at Waikiki Beach
> had to be trucked in to keep sand on the beach.  Several people told me
> this.  What's the truth?
>
> Bob
>
> Robert Lipe Specimens
> www.theshellstore.com
> 348 Corey Ave
> St. Pete Beach, Fl 33706
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Martin H. Eastburn
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>
> Interesting.  The topic of dredging and such -  The beautiful beach sand
> (white) in Hawaii - e.g.
> Waikiki  - and perhaps some old and dead shells found - the sand
> continues to come from the Santa Cruz mountains south west of San Jose
> and South of San Francisco. The sand is very pure and white.  Used in
> glass and Kaiser first imported boat loads for the beach.  In the sand
> and the water cuts here and there - outside Scotts Valley are Sea
> Shells.  The sand was once
> beach but not elevated hundreds of feet up due to the uplifts.   So some
> Hawaii finds might
> be very old west coast shells.
>
> Martin
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