Peggy,

Most of the dredgings you refer to were done by Riley Black. Most but not
all were collected off the west coast of Florida at dephts of 100 fathoms
along
the edge of the deep canyon that runs from the panhandle of Florida  down
towards Cuba. Hope this is of some help!? Over the few years that Donna and
Riley dredged this area Tina and I purchased many many bushels of this
material and were never disappointed in the results of our findings!!

Frank & Tina Petway
2431 Brookmere
Houston, Texas 77008

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From: "Peggy Williams" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 11:37 AM
Subject: Florida dredgings


> Hi all,
>
> I've acquired some material from the dredgings made during the 1960's
> or 1970's by Riley Black or someone else. There's no data with the
> shells, but I'm sure that's their origin. Can someone give me some
> history of those dredgings: who did them, what territory did they
> cover, what years were they carried out? I think I got into scientific
> collecting about the year they stopped, but I surely wish I'd had an
> opportunity to purchase a bushel or two!
>
> Thanks
> Peggy
>
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