An Expedition through the Sapphire Mining localities of Montana - vlog
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2022
- In the video we travel all over central Montana to visit several sapphire mining localities as well as seeing gold panning, meeting a few gemstone cutters and looking at many old books and old documents and we continue to uncover the history of American Gemcutting. This is part 35 of our year long adventure travelogue.
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My engagement ring is a Yogo sapphire we bought from Rogers Jewelry in Lewistown, MT back in 1979
Warning to comment readers and Montana visitors from a lifetime resident. The YOGO mine is misrepresented EVERY time it’s in a video. It IS NOT open to the public. Tours have to be arranged ahead of time with the owner Don Baide of Bozeman. They also DO NOT sell gravel or dirt. Any seller claiming to have Yogo rough, is not being honest. There are other smaller claims around the Yogo dike mine. But again, none sell gravel. The “YOGO” gravel you get online, is just cleaned gravel seeded with the right shade of blue sapphires.
I didn’t claim any of the things that you said in this comment. The Yogo mine is not open to the public. We contacted the owners directly through industry contacts that we have and set up an appointment for my research. We didn’t buy any dirt or gravel from them. We didn’t we didn’t get any Yogo rough.
One of my wife's prized rings is a sky blue Montana sapphire, cast and cut by Jerry Wycoff. Just over a carat. I learned a little about lapidary chatting with him, from his books, & videos too. Thanks for sharing, Mr. Prim ! Your videos always make my day !
Thank for the kind words. I would have liked to meet Wycoff.
Bucket list trip right there, thanks for this great vid!
Sapphires are beautiful....and those jet black cows are adorable and gorgeous. 🥰
fantastic video
Love this! Thanks for sharing
Man would I LOVE to get my hands on a couple of those fat sapphires for faceting. I'd be happy with 2. Facet those I could buy a bunch .. and so on. 😃
Nice adventure
I went to Lewistown, Montana in 1966 with my family to visit an aunt that lived there. We heard about Yogo sapphires but were not able to pursue mining at that time. Ten years later, I returned and went to Spokane Bar or maybe it was El Dorado Bar. It was right on Hauser Lake. I found a number of sapphires, the largest of which I still have yet to facet. It weighs about 6 carats. Looking forward to more of your Montana videos!
Would you want to sell it when cut and polished?
What a fabulous video! The actual mining of the gems and the museum's are just fabulous! The gem gallery was so cool. The necklace and ring were gorgeous! what a fabulous run through Montana and their Sapphire localities!
thanks, we had a great time
Surprised you didn’t stop in Butte, it is the definitive mining town in Montana. Although not know for gemstones it certainly displays the scale of mining above and below ground.
Thanks for this great video
Great content. Thank you for sharing
Philipsurg, that's my home town.
Great video
I'm looking forward to the Montana videos since you're somewhat in my neck of the woods.
👌 excellent video Justin!
WOW!!! It is amazing how the sapphire mines over there look the same as over here in Australia. Montana is definitely on my bucket list of places to check out in the states.
Definitely a must see. Australia is on my list
Thought Yogo was closed to the public. I would like to get a pickup bed load of gravel that only the big rocks have been screened off. Is that a possibility. Who would I contact?
I’m not sure if they still sell gravel. Check their website.
My family and I have been going to Montana for sapphires the last couple of summers. It's a real hoot, and there are some nice stones to be found! The Blue Jewel Mine near Helena was a great place with great people. We've also done Gem Mountain in Phillipsburg with great success. Potentate is a private commercial mine, but they seem to run a good business. My wife has a stunning unheated pink sapphire ring from there. It was a gift after beating breast cancer.
We had a lot of fun and look forward to the next visit.
@@JustinKPrim Excellent! I hope we may see you out there some time!
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@@aung3627 Thank you so very much for your kind words. I wish you and your family much health and happiness.
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Great video. Which Eldorado bar mine did you visit?
I just got super inspired by this video. Will be visiting Montana in a month and would really love to visit some mines. Can you tell me how to get an entry permit? Or how much would I have to pay to enter and look for gems? Thank you
Nice video! Do you have any websites for shopping rough material?
sorry we only sell cut stones at magusgems.com
How far from anaconda Mt are you
Most of these places are in the vicinity of Helena.
i’ve been to that yogo mine! went a few years ago! The dude I learned gem cutting from has a place out in sapphire village and does cutting for the mine occasionally! Got to go out and look for them myself too when i was out there. A few weeks before I visited they had found i think like a 7 carat yogo, i got to see it and hold it in person!! Have a few little yogos I still haven’t been brave enough to cut.
Ahhhh and the bar!!! i remember the bar!!!!