Digging for Topaz & Red Beryl on Topaz Mountain, Utah Real Life Minecraft
Our kids love minecraft, so we take them out for real life mine crafting. This was our first trip to Topaz Mountain. It was a fun trip, we found some great topaz and mined the local West Desert Collectors gem & mineral shop for red beryl!
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If you go to Topaz Mountain, be sure and stop by West Desert Collectors in Delta. They have fantastic topaz & red beryl for sale and will be glad to show you their nicer minerals.
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Utah Rockhounding Locations: Topaz, Sunstone Knoll & Obsidian
Quick day trip to three rockhounding locations in Utah. First we visit Topaz mountain for a quick look, then we head through Delta, Utah on our way to Sunstone Knoll to collect some yellow crystals, and we checkout some obsidian fields and pits. This is a brief overview and we will be going back to show more detail on where to look and what we found. Also, we will be visiting other rockhounding locations around Utah in the future.
Tons Of Topaz Found in Utah! Mining America Ep 24 viewers field trip May 2017!
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Kokopelli Opal Mine Mining America Ep 15 - 7/9/16 Virgin Valley Nevada
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In this episode of Mining America I find an Orange red opal. We dig on the side of a cliff and slide down the mountain, and I get an education on opal in the virgin valley.
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Collecting Obsidian in Utah
We went hunting obsidian near Milford, Utah. It turned out to be a great adventure. We found plenty of obsidian for making arrowheads and knives this winter. At least I plan to try.
Rockhounding Colorado: Opal Hill
Went to Opal Hill in Fruita, Co. for a short rockhounding trip.
Digging for Geodes at the Dugway Geode Beds in Utah.
Digging for geodes at the Dugway Geode beds off the Pony Express Highway in western Utah. April 2019.
Lies! The truth And Real Georgia Aquamarine Beryl (Mining America Ep 31 ) Aug 2017
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Finding Aquamarine Beryl and Gem Rose Quartz in Georgia - Mining America EP23 part 1 April 1 2017
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Abandoned mines hold danger and, for some, thrills
(31 Oct 2018) Underneath the mountains and deserts of the U.S. West lie hundreds of thousands of abandoned mines, an underground world that can hold both serious danger and unexpected wonder.
They are a legacy of the region's prospecting past, when almost anyone could dig a mine and then walk away, with little cleanup required, when it stopped producing.
In Utah alone, the state is trying to seal more than 10,000 open mines with cinderblocks and metal grates after people have died in rock falls and all-terrain-vehicle crashes and from poisonous air over the past three decades. And just this month in Arizona, a prospector broke his left leg and ankle after plunging to the bottom of an old mine shaft. He spent nearly three days there with no food or water fending off rattlesnakes before a friend heard his cries for help.
Still, not everyone wants to see the mines closed. For years, a dedicated subculture of explorers has been slipping underground to see tunnels lined with sparkling quartz, century-old rail cars and caverns that open in the earth like buried ballrooms.
Nobody has walked the path you're walking for 100 years, said Jeremy MacLee, who uses old mining documents and high-tech safety equipment to find and explore forgotten holes, mostly in Utah.
He also lends his expertise to searches for missing people. That's how he got to know Bill Powell, who looked for his 18-year-old son, Riley, for months before the teenager and his girlfriend were found dead in a mine shaft the outside the small town of Eureka.
The teens' families formed a close bond with MacLee and other volunteer searchers. Despite his painful memories, Bill Powell decided to see what draws his friend to those dark recesses deep in the desert.
It's a whole different life. The underground life, said Powell, who has a gravelly voice, close-cropped gray beard and a quick smile.
On a recent day, he and MacLee joined a group of friends in front of a mountainside opening near Eureka, wearing helmets, oxygen meters and strong lights, and a carrying stash of extra batteries. Cool air blasted from the opening, cutting through the desert heat.
But the dangers of abandoned mines weigh on Utah officials' minds. There have been 11 deaths since 1982 and more than 40 injuries, including people who entered mines to explore and others who fell in by accident, according to state data. Some abandoned mines become filled with tainted water, as in the toxic 2015 spill from Colorado's Gold King mine, but most in Utah are dry.
Legally, entering a mine can be considered trespassing in Utah if it has been closed or there are signs posted outside, but prosecutions are rare. Explorers argue it's no more dangerous than outdoor sports ranging from hiking to skiing, which also claim lives in the West.
There are cases like Riley Powell and his girlfriend, Brelynne Breezy Otteson. Prosecutors say an enraged man killed the teenage couple after they visited his girlfriend despite his warning her not to have male visitors. He dumped their bodies in the mine shaft, where they remained for nearly three months before being discovered in March.
Similar cases have occurred in states like Wyoming, Colorado and California. Investigators also searched old mines in Utah and neighboring Nevada after the high-profile 2009 disappearance of Susan Cox Powell, though the 28-year-old Salt Lake City-area wife and mother was never found.
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RED BERYL Violet claims, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah, USA
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Gem Mountain Sapphire Mine in Philipsburg Montana - Mining America Ep12 6/25/16
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Desert Test
Just some test footage of my trip out to Iosepa and the Dugway Geode Beds.
RIDING California Hwy 89 IN HD - One of the World's Great Motorcycle Roads
This video in HD documents a beautiful ride over Monitor Pass East on CA Hwy 89 from Ride the Snake Headquarters, Bear Valley, CA Hwy 4 to US 395 near Lake Topaz, CA. Without doubt, this is one of the World's Great Motorcycle Roads. Thanks for viewing and tell your friends! - Richard Sweeney, Producer
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Abandoned mines hold danger and, for some, thrills
(30 Oct 2018) Underneath the mountains and deserts of the U.S. West lie hundreds of thousands of abandoned mines, an underground world that can hold both serious danger and unexpected wonder.
They are a legacy of the region's prospecting past, when almost anyone could dig a mine and then walk away, with little cleanup required, when it stopped producing.
In Utah alone, the state is trying to seal more than 10,000 open mines with cinderblocks and metal grates after people have died in rock falls and all-terrain-vehicle crashes and from poisonous air over the past three decades. And just this month in Arizona, a prospector broke his left leg and ankle after plunging to the bottom of an old mine shaft. He spent nearly three days there with no food or water fending off rattlesnakes before a friend heard his cries for help.
Still, not everyone wants to see the mines closed. For years, a dedicated subculture of explorers has been slipping underground to see tunnels lined with sparkling quartz, century-old rail cars and caverns that open in the earth like buried ballrooms.
Nobody has walked the path you're walking for 100 years, said Jeremy MacLee, who uses old mining documents and high-tech safety equipment to find and explore forgotten holes, mostly in Utah.
He also lends his expertise to searches for missing people. That's how he got to know Bill Powell, who looked for his 18-year-old son, Riley, for months before the teenager and his girlfriend were found dead in a mine shaft the outside the small town of Eureka.
The teens' families formed a close bond with MacLee and other volunteer searchers. Despite his painful memories, Bill Powell decided to see what draws his friend to those dark recesses deep in the desert.
It's a whole different life. The underground life, said Powell, who has a gravelly voice, close-cropped gray beard and a quick smile.
On a recent day, he and MacLee joined a group of friends in front of a mountainside opening near Eureka, wearing helmets, oxygen meters and strong lights, and a carrying stash of extra batteries. Cool air blasted from the opening, cutting through the desert heat.
But the dangers of abandoned mines weigh on Utah officials' minds. There have been 11 deaths since 1982 and more than 40 injuries, including people who entered mines to explore and others who fell in by accident, according to state data. Some abandoned mines become filled with tainted water, as in the toxic 2015 spill from Colorado's Gold King mine, but most in Utah are dry.
Legally, entering a mine can be considered trespassing in Utah if it has been closed or there are signs posted outside, but prosecutions are rare. Explorers argue it's no more dangerous than outdoor sports ranging from hiking to skiing, which also claim lives in the West.
There are cases like Riley Powell and his girlfriend, Brelynne Breezy Otteson. Prosecutors say an enraged man killed the teenage couple after they visited his girlfriend despite his warning her not to have male visitors. He dumped their bodies in the mine shaft, where they remained for nearly three months before being discovered in March.
Similar cases have occurred in states like Wyoming, Colorado and California. Investigators also searched old mines in Utah and neighboring Nevada after the high-profile 2009 disappearance of Susan Cox Powell, though the 28-year-old Salt Lake City-area wife and mother was never found.
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PINK Oceans DO Exist! - Spiral Jetty
Hands down...coolest place ever! It's really not an ocean, but it looks like one, so I'll call it that :) The water was really straight up pink, it was quite the site to see! We think since a storm was rolling in it really made all the colors around more vibrant! Jake said last time he visited the Spiral Jetty, the water it was a clear crystal pink, so we lucked out with it showing up so vibrant and more like a murky pink! Thanks for stopping by today!
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Amazing Gem found @ JXR Amethyst Mine in Georgia - Mining America - Ep 4 - 4/16/16
This video shows my dig in Georgia at the Jackson crossroads amethyst mine. ( JXR amethyst mine )
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