That's amazing!

Wow, I think it is starting to make more sense to me. These large tunnels which were created by hydraulic fracturing were actually open to all elements during a gazillion years. So bacteria definitely had the opportunity to proliferate and extramate undisturbed for centuries.

Ok, some might think me crazy, some already do, however I've thought this for a long time. Have you noticed how the Earth and its Continents appear to have been connected at one point. Kind of like a puzzle that got spread out. They were definitely alot closer together than they are now, and I'm convinced they were connected, for how long? My theory is that a huge asteroid impacted the Earth somewhere in the Pacific Ocean and the forces generated compressed Eastern North America with Europe and Africa, maybe even all land masses were connected as one. Imagine the forces of a deep impact in the Pacific Ocean and how that amount of force could have created the mountainous ranges of Eastern North America and actually the Alps, as Europe pulled away with the others. Compression-Extraction. One Huge Event.

As Europe pulled away, it pulled and tore away what are now many rivers and certain hydraulic fractures. Over time something was cooking deep in the Earth, quartz, and one day it boiled over and cooked all that yummy bacteria growing on the rocks all the way up and down. Golden Nuggets, yum yum!

:) Skier