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• In Summer 2025 we will have some South Dakota Rose Quartz & GOLD MINES & MINING CLAIMS for sale in the Black Hills and we will be working in the Black Hills area on several projects.  I'm getting older and long term travel, hiking & digging is getting harder so I am going to start focusing on lapidary and gem cutting from all the rough we have acquired and set aside over the years and our trips out west will start slowing down.  Attending QUARTZSITE SHOW JAN 2026!. 

• We prospect and dig for gems & minerals and we have high-end proven gold, mineral, crystal and gemstone mines & mining claims for sale or lease in the western USA.  We also offer Mineral and Crystal Specimens, Virgin Valley Nevada & Worldwide Opals, Rare Lapidary Rough, and Gemstones for sale.  Since 2021-2022 we are now focusing on our Tourmaline Mine in Southern California.

• We travel at least twice annually to prospect, stake claims, and dig for gems and minerals, normally in late August/early September and again in January.  We've been collecting minerals, gems & prospecting since the mid 1980s and mining since the early 1990s.  

• We encourage you to learn about gems & minerals by joining a club, attending a show, reading books, subscribe to magazines, and browsing online forums!

• Our last Rose Quartz Mine Claim in the Black Hills of South Dakota is for sale, CLICK HERE AFTER MARCH 15th.  

•  WANTED: WE WANT / WE BUY:  San Diego County California Pegmatite Gem & Mineral Specimens incl Blue Cap Tourmalines Morganite Kunzite etc, Gold From Custer South Dakota and Homestake Gold Mine specimens, and old Howardite Rattlesnake Jasper, Wingate Pass, and Bullion Mountain Agate. See our "Wants" HERE.  We also do "trades."

• When out mining or traveling, it may take us 1-3 weeks to check emails, calls, voicemails, as we will be in remote areas with no  services....  If we are out mining or traveling our STORE / SHOP pages will have all store items hidden w/ a message  "There are no products to show at the moment."  The shop will reopen when we arrive back.  Please check back!

• You can also check out our shop on Etsy HERE for sales and some items not listed on our website!

• Feel free to CONTACT US today with any questions, and please scroll down further and browse our entire site to see what we have to offer....     Thanks for visiting!