Montana Sapphire Mine Open To Public

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Montana sapphire mine open to public.

Montana territories sapphire mining. You can also try panning for gold at the libby creek gold panning area near libby montana. Join us in philipsburg mt. Montana is one of the few states where the public can find sapphires.

Gem mountain sapphire mine offers fine montana sapphire gemstones finished jewelry and the unique opportunity to find your own rough sapphire and have it finished into a gemstone. Today we continue over 50 years of sharing the excitement of allowing you to find genuine montana sapphires in a bucket of gem mountain sapphire gravel. Montana gems of philipsburg offers montana sapphire mining gem gravel mining kits custom jewelry. Open year round in philipsburg.

World war i brought a halt to the production of yogo sapphires as miners were needed to extract metals to support the war effort. The name was changed to gem mountain in the early 1980 s. Rock hunting is a top thing to do in montana. 21 sapphire gulch lane at mile marker 38 4 of montana highway 38 skalkaho pass road between hamilton and philipsburg.

This family attraction carries several types of montana sapphire gravel. 0 06 mi the broadway hotel 0 16 mi kaiser house lodging 0 12 mi the sanctuary 0 19 mi quigley cottage bed breakfast 0 05 mi you can t get any closer to all there is to love about downtown philipsburg. In the mid 1960 s the owner formally opened the chausee sapphire mine and began bringing sapphire gravel to the store. Bring good shoes no flip flops or open toed shoes sun protection plenty of liquid refreshments and snacks please note that the mine currently only has 3 sapphire gravel screening stations setup so booking your visit ahead of time is very important.

Early prospectors searching for gold in the gravel of the missouri river repeatedly discarded the annoying blue pebbles that continually clogged their sluices without much thought to what they may be. Several mines in western montana allow visitors to sift material in search of their own sapphires. Sapphire production in montana was at least initially a byproduct of the gold rushes of the 1860s. We respectfully request that guests do not bring their pets to the mine.

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