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sapphire mining: Funniest Road Sign Ever....#2 In A Series - 07/01/08 09:20 AM
A while back, I posted a blog about the funniest road sign I had seen recently...And it occurred to me that where I live, I see humorous road signs all the time. So, I decided to make this a series...and as I trip across road signs in my travels, I will post them as part of this series.
Today's entry into the FRSE series is located about 15 miles up the Skalkaho Highway off of Hwy 93 just south of Hamilton, MT. The Skalkaho Highway is a 60 mile cut-off road over the top of a high mountain pass that is … (27 comments)
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sapphire mining: Funniest Road Sign Ever!! (And Where To Find It...) ****UPDATED**** - 05/18/08 08:15 PM
So...Many of you know already that I am a huge fan of hunting sapphires. I have written about it in the past....and spend a good portion of my summer at the mine doing nothing but washing gravel and finding treasure like these....
It is about a 75 mile drive from my house to Phillipsburg, home of The Sapphire Gallery. That is where I go to have all of my gems judged for quality, schedule all of the heat treating that I need and arrange to have all of the treated stones cut and mounted in jewlery.
But, that is all … (26 comments)
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sapphire mining: Sapphires, Sapphires Everywhere! - 03/01/08 09:56 AM
If you have not had the chance, I highly recommend you do this...
Plan a trip to Western Montana. While you are here, take a detour through Philipsburg, MT, and then head about 10 miles up the Skalkaho Pass Highway (much more of a paved cattle trail than a highway) to Gem Mountain and do a little sapphire mining!! Go to www.gemmtn.com to check out their site!
Gem Mountain is one of the only places in the state where you can screen gravel and find your own sapphires, garnets, and rubies. (Rubies are simply red sapphires, by the way. Just in case you didnt … (9 comments)
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Clint Miller
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MT
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