Jim Coleman Mine

Sarah and I took the kids to Jim Coleman Mine today. We were able to dig for quartz crystals for a little bit before we took a tour of the mine to see how and where they dig for the crystals. The kids found a ton of quartz--not a lot of quartz crystals, though. It was so hot that after about an hour, they were done digging and each of them had a bag of pretty rocks to take home.

On the tour, they took us into the museum to look at all the expensive rocks they sell.

Driving down into the quartz mine

At the bottom of the mine

A few years ago while they were digging, they hit a hot spring and the mine started filling up with water. They had to get a pump to pump it back out of the mine before they could continue to mine. That water is actually very deep!