September 3, 2024 After 7 years of mining operations, the Detroit City Portal of the Sweet Home Mine has been permanently closed. It has been a long journey for us on Mount Bross.
I’ll tell you, but I have to go back a bit. The last detailed update posted on the website was in May of 2020. There had been some personnel changes, the weather was rough, there was still tons of rock to move, though hopes were high after the last two pocket...
Collector’s Edge Minerals, Inc. recognizes and thanks Rocks & Minerals for permission to use portions or all of their original article from “Rocks & Minerals”, Volume 83, Number 5, pp. 392-400. Contributing authors were Robert B. Cook, Department of Geology,...
IntroductionCollector’s Edge Minerals, Inc., through a partnership agreement with the owner, reopened the Red Lead mine in the Dundas Region, Tasmania, Australia in October 2012 to mine high quality crocoite specimens.Crocoite, a lead chromate, is found in...
IntroductionIn 2001 Colorado Calumet Co, Inc. (CCCI), acquired the Red Cloud mine from Wayne Thompson et.al. The mine is a small silver-lead deposit located in the arid and desolate southwest corner of Arizona, and CCCI worked the claim for two years. The...
IntroductionTopaz has been found around the world. However, the Maynard Claim in Utah is known for its imperial sherry color, though not all are of this color. It can range from deep sherry to colorless, from gem quality to those with sand inclusions. In 1969 topaz...
