Finding Garnets in California

Finding Garnets in California A day digging at one of our favorite garnet locations in southern California. We hit a couple nice zones in the mica schist producing many beautiful almandine garnets

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The Lost Canyon of GOLD

The Lost Canyon of GOLD We head off on a excursion miles into a vertical canyon, deep in the California wilderness in search of a long lost canyon claimed to be one of the richest placer deposits in the mother lode region! There was once a entire city and over 5,000 miners working these hills…

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Mines Like This Aren't Supposed To Be In California

Mines Like This Aren't Supposed To Be In California The title of this video is a nod to those that say that all of the abandoned mines in Southern California have been sealed up by the government or plundered by β€œcollectors” to the point that they are just featureless holes in the ground… They have…

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How Cement is Made: Inside a Cement Factory – Did You Know?

How Cement is Made: Inside a Cement Factory – Did You Know? Transcript Did you know the foundation of your house once looked like this? Well, this is a 300 million year old piece of limestone, and today, we’re gonna go onto this plant and show you how you take this piece of limestone and…

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Brighter than Gold (Mariposa, California)

Brighter than Gold (Mariposa, California) The Tale of 10,000 Cities proudly brings you the tale of Mariposa, California. This town located on the south end of the Mother Lode was built on gold, but stays alive today due to it’s strong community and connection to it’s history. When you think of the old west, you…

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