Montana Sapphire Mine Open To Public

Today we continue over 50 years of sharing the excitement of allowing you to find genuine montana sapphires in a bucket of gem mountain sapphire gravel.

Montana sapphire mine open to public. 21 sapphire gulch lane at mile marker 38 4 of montana highway 38 skalkaho pass road between hamilton and philipsburg. A map of the state of montana. Rock hunting is a top thing to do in montana. Hotels near gem mountain sapphire mine.

This family attraction carries several types of montana sapphire gravel. Join us in philipsburg mt. Montana is one of the few states where the public can find sapphires. Open year round in philipsburg.

Early prospectors searching for gold in the gravel of the missouri river repeatedly discarded the annoying blue pebbles that continually clogged their sluices without much thought to what they may be. In the mid 1960 s the owner formally opened the chausee sapphire mine and began bringing sapphire gravel to the store. The name was changed to gem mountain in the early 1980 s. Montana gems of philipsburg offers montana sapphire mining gem gravel mining kits custom jewelry.

Service animals are welcome. We respectfully request that guests do not bring their pets to the mine. World war i brought a halt to the production of yogo sapphires as miners were needed to extract metals to support the war effort. You can also try panning for gold at the libby creek gold panning area near libby montana.

View all hotels near gem mountain sapphire mine on tripadvisor. Gem mountain sapphire mine offers fine montana sapphire gemstones finished jewelry and the unique opportunity to find your own rough sapphire and have it finished into a gemstone. Sapphire production in montana was at least initially a byproduct of the gold rushes of the 1860s. Montana territories sapphire mining.

By 1921 activity returned to a pre war level until a flood in 1923 destroyed much of the english mine infrastructure and production declined significantly. Spokane bar sapphire mine 5360 castles road helena mt 59602 1 877 diggems toll free 406 227 8989.