Originally posted by Bajatripper
| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
Good question Tripper...we have a small "button" factory as it is called that stamps slugs out of pismo clam shells. But they arent actually buttons
but the rounds are used for game pieces in japanese game called "Goh" (not sure of the spelling). The raw pieces are sent to japan where they tumble
them into lovely, shiny pieces that sell for big bucks.
The beach you camped on is near the San Rafael arroyo ranch where Asuncion's water supply used to be drawn from the well there. There is a family
living in a shack there that collect the shell and take it to the factory which is on the main street at the entrance to the village.
You often see piles of the shells after the buttons have been stamped out...some people use the shell in their yards.
here is a photo of some of the impressive shell middens....there was not a cannery but there sure are kazillions of old shells.
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Thanks for the response. I looked up BA in Gerhardt and Gulick, but--as you no doubt know--they didn't get out there, from what I can tell and have no
info on that. I don't remember ever seeing so many shells in one place as I did across the mouth of that arroyo. |
