Sapphire Mining Company

Montana territories sapphire mining.

Sapphire mining company.

This sapphire gravel comes packaged in a 2 gallon sack. Sapphires are mined today the same as they were thousands of years ago. A miner working in a sapphire mine in sri lanka. You could call it the quiet giant of sapphire mines because it has produced over 180 million carats of sapphires for over 120 years without receiving much press.

Sapphire production in montana was at least initially a byproduct of the gold rushes of the 1860s. This material is not from the gem mountain commercial mine but from the potentate mining company. Following ww ii an active business developed for rock hounds to visit gem mountain and dig for sapphires by hand. The baides are serious about both sapphires and stewardship.

Spokane bar sapphire mine 5360 castles road helena mt 59602 1 877 diggems toll free 406 227 8989. 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. A selection of natural sapphire crystal rough. The mine location is open the gem mountain sapphire mine is one of the largest oldest and best sapphire mines in the world.

100 natural sapphire gemstones with an extensive selection of carat weight size and cut you ll find both loose faceted stones and rough heat treated stones in blue yellow orange pink and more. In sri lanka ceylon mining is regulated so that the land is protected from over use. Sapphire mines in south east asia. A map of the state of montana.

Sapphire mining montana sapphire mines. The material will contain a lot of clay as well as sticks pinecones and debris making it very difficult to wash clean. The projected worth of recoverable yogos should offset expenses making it sustainable for the company to accomplish its goals of separating all valuable sapphires and preparing the common rock for repurposing. One of the most productive mining regions in the world for sapphires follow along as we discover what makes sri lanka myanmar thailand vietnam and laos a group of powerhouses for gem quality sapphires.

Clean rough yogo sapphires from the 2019 mining season. Our sapphires are not synthetic heated to extreme temperatures diffused irradiated glass filled or oiled. In the mid 1960 s the owner formally opened the chausee sapphire mine and began bringing sapphire gravel. Most sapphires come from countries that have strict guidelines on how mining may proceed.

Mining is restricted to small scale operations where heavy machinery is forbidden. The invention of synthetic sapphire curtailed the large scale mining operations but did not halt sapphire mining altogether.