MINER'S GEMS AND MINERALS
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Himalaya Mine 1900's

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Old  photo of the diggers.

Pala Chief Mine

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Looking for the glory hole.

Are we there yet?

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Early risk takers.

Lapis Lazuli God Ptah

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The god Ptah, Dynasty 22–early Dynasty 26 (ca. 945–600 B.C.) Egyptian Lapis
lazuli

Early Tourmaline Carving

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Early 20th century tourmaline snuff bottle, from the Tourmaline Queen Mine, Pala, CA.

photo courtesy palagems

Sleeping Shepherdess in a Moonlit Landscape

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 Probably late 16th century
Alessandro Masnago (Italian,
active  by ca. 1560, d. 1620)
Lived in Milan and carved in Agate.

Lucky fellow

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I helped build the Pikes Peak Railroad.

1850's miner

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The way it was.

Mining Artifacts at our store.

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Miners lunch box.

Mining Artifacts at our store.

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Mining Dynamite Detonator.

Mining Artifacts at our store.

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Mercury bottle, blasting sign, salt on timber from salt mine in Ploand.

Mining Artifacts at our store.

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Mining ore car.

Mining Artifacts at our store.

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Laddle, miners lamp cap, pick and mortise and pestal.

Mining Artifacts at our store.

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English lamp with Mica lenses.

Mining Artifacts at our store.

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Carbide lamps and blasting cap container.

Mining Artifacts at our store.

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Banjo scale and ore cup.

Mining Artifacts at our store.

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Scale, cannary cage and blasting cap boxes.

Mining Artifacts at our store.

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Carbide lamp,scale and Civil War bullets

  • Home
  • San Diego Tourmaline
  • Moldavite and Meteorites
  • Minerals New Arrivals
  • Mineral Specimens 1
  • minerals specimens 2
  • Mineral Specimens 3
  • minerals specimens 4
  • Mineral Specimens Nothing But Quartz
  • Old Mineral Collections
  • Wulfenite
  • Vanadinite (Tucson Pocket)
  • Fossils
  • Gemstones
  • Gems Available
  • Cabochons
  • Rings in Silver
  • Fine Jewelry
  • Simple Jewelry
  • Panning for gems at our Store
  • Our Panning Mix
  • Office and Wall Displays
  • Slabs
  • Spheres and Lapidary
  • Books
  • History
  • Contact us
  • Mineral Images Upclose
  • Items of historical interest
  • Product