DENVER (KDVR) — A gem that was found decades ago in a now-shuttered Colorado mine is going for thousands of dollars in an auction. According to the Colorado School of Mines, the Sweet Home Mine ...

The mine, which has operated since 1929, centers on a geologic formation 2,000 feet long and 300 feet deep. It produces more than 80 minerals. morefieldgemmine.com California State Gem Mine ...

After you have placed the not-yet-built Gem Mine, click on it several times to get the mine started. It will cost a total of 20 energy to get the mine started, in 5 energy chunks.

Gem hunter Bryan Lees pulled it from the Sweet Home Mine near Alma in 1992, but now it sits in a display at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. It’s the finest specimen of rhodochrosite in ...

LaGrange isn’t known for having a rockin’ good time, unless you’re at Hogg Mine. Just about an hour down I-85 is Hogg Mine, where you can dig for gemstones like aquamarine and black tourmaline.

Sandra Cloer, owner of Elijah Mountain Gem Mine, told McClatchy News on Wednesday that the crystal weighs about 250 pounds. “How in the world did someone steal that and no one notice,” one ...