Hi Donna, I went down the mines many years ago. I can't remember if we got in a boat at the bottom of the mines. Is that the same mine as one I went in had the stalatikes and stalakmites. I think that's the right name. Blue John is not the same as Jet is it.? Besides the blue John, wasn't there a whitetish yellow crystale as well as blue John, I'm not sure but I think Blue John is a crystale and Jet is a stone.? Do you know. Also, am I right that Buxton is the only place in the world that you can find blue John. Hope your keeping well. love Malcolm. xxx hi there ,I live 10 minutes drive from the blue john mines .I lived in the actual village where the mines are .the place is called castleton .the place is lovely .it gets very busy in the summer .the winters are bad here .only 2 weeks ago our village was cut off with snow ,yet they did not have any 4 miles away . .they have a lot of shops full of blue john . .the caves are fantastic ,i went down them all when i could see .donna ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2411/4946 - Release Date: 04/19/12