One of Nevada’s now “lost” turquoise mines –the location hasn’t been lost but the area has been swallowed up by a far more mechanized and profitable metal mining operation– #8 was first mined in the 1920s. It has now been nearly forty years since any new turquoise material came out of #8. Whatever old stock #8 turquoise now hits the market has been in private collections.
#8 Turquoise Mine
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