Pencil Tourmaline from San Diego mines. Himalaya Mine and others. Collected in the pre ww2 era. This is on permanent display at our store.
Cliff Mine 1845
Datolite etching of the Cliff Mine in 1845.
HISTORIC MINERAL PANNING AT MINER'S GEMS
Mineral panning is an historic and informative hands on activity. When gold was discovered in 1848 at Sutters Mill by John Marshall, people flocked from all over the world to the unknown frontier of Alta California which was at that time a largely unpopulated territory of Mexico. With picks and pans they scoured the hills of northern California in search of gold and changed the history of the "Golden State" forever.
