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Go Mining!
Purchase sapphire gravel to 'mine' sapphires from the comfort of your own home. Makes a great gift idea!

Does EVERYONE 
find sapphires?...

Dear Russ and Deb Thompson,
"Hello, this is Deana. My husband Clay, my girls and my obnoxious dog as well as myself were there this past Monday and Tuesday. I just thought I'd drop you a brief line to let you know that we found 20 sapphires totaling 38 carats, many of them 2 carats and over. We had a great time! I really enjoyed myself. Thanks you."  Deana

So, does EVERYONE find sapphires in their shipment of gravel?

"We don't go through each unit we ship and check to make sure each has at least one sapphire stone in it.  That would be impossible." says Deb Thompson, owner.  "However, stories like the one above are normal and common."

Will we be able to order from you as often as we wish?

 "Yes," says Deb Thompson, owner.  "Unless the sapphires run out.  This is a natural deposit and there is no guarantee that it will last for 10 years.  We continue to ship gravels out while the natural deposit lasts.  When it is all gone, it is all gone.  Get your orders in before that time."

Here's How The Mining Works

The following is a sample process of 'Mining from Home' and what the process and the stones look like.  The example below is a REAL example from a previous customer.  Click on the pictures to see photo enlargements.

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Sapphire Gravel From Helena MT

TESTIMONIAL:  "I bought three bags of Sapphire gravel from the Spokane Bar Sapphire Mine. Two bags are from the Old El Dorado Sapphire Mine that is now closed. I received them on Tuesday afternoon from the UPS driver. I can still hear him grumbling about how heavy they where LOL. Well I took them down stairs and started the first bag from the El Dorado Mine by using two screens, one 1/4 " and one 1/16" screen. I have found 31 Sapphires in this bag so far. I will still do two more steps to make sure I get all the Sapphires that I might of missed the first time. Today I started the second and found 43 Sapphires so far."

Special thanks to Carl Mauritz for the info on this page.
http://www.huntforgems.com/sapphiremt.html

 

Box of El Dorado Sapphire Gravel arrives from UPS.

First, you must screen the gravel.

Here are El Dorado Sapphires in the rough that I found in bag one.

More El Dorado Sapphires in the rough that I found in bag one.

Can you see the Sapphire in here?  Click on the photo for a larger view.

Can you see it now?

El Dorado Sapphires in the rough that I found in bag two: 43 of them total.

More El Dorado Sapphires that I found in bag two.

Here is a Christmas Elf Bag ordered.

See if you can find the El Dorado Sapphires in here?

See if you can find the El Dorado Sapphires in here? (close up)

Here is an example of a light box for viewing stones.

Spokane Bar Sapphires and Garnets from bag three of my first order on the light box.

 
 
 
 
 
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