{"id":132,"date":"2009-06-13T04:46:07","date_gmt":"2009-06-13T09:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flyviewsandreviews.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/2009\/06\/13\/cfms-trip-to-two-tourmaline-mines-in-two-days\/"},"modified":"2009-06-13T04:46:07","modified_gmt":"2009-06-13T09:46:07","slug":"cfms-trip-to-two-tourmaline-mines-in-two-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/2009\/06\/13\/cfms-trip-to-two-tourmaline-mines-in-two-days\/","title":{"rendered":"CFMS Trip to Two Tourmaline Mines in Two Days!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_dYOW3_y9xoY\/SjMNhooEIRI\/AAAAAAAAB0w\/uq4Y7lhEjyc\/s1600-h\/000_0017.jpg\"><img style=\"float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;width: 320px;height: 214px\" src=\"http:\/\/flyviewsandreviews.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/497ca_000_0017.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/><b><span>Day One; Mine One!<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Following an unbelievably quick drive from Orange County to Pala we were getting set up at the top of the hill.  <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Everyone turned in the mine paperwork (BTW &#8211; the OceanView has this process perfected!  Once you have registered for a day at the mine you get a password to their site and access to maps to the mine and waivers &#8211; so you can have everything filled out and ready to go when you get there!) and filled out the CFMS paperwork we were each assigned a space at a sifting\/rinsing table &#8211; it was a full house!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The tables are arranged around a fairly large pile of mine dump &#8211; specially sourced for our group by Jeff (the mine owner) who gave us a detailed talk about the proceedure.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This is how it works:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>You go to the pile and fill your bucket (these are also provided by the mine) <\/li>\n<li>Bring the bucket to your station and gently dump it into the top screen (the mine supplies two screens that are stacked by size with a 1\/2 inch screen atop a 1\/4 inch screen).<\/li>\n<li>By hand you pull out the large rocks and rinse them in your water pan (three people to two water pans) &#8211; now just because these may be &#8220;rocks&#8221; doesn&#8217;t mean you don&#8217;t want them.  I saved several pieces that are excellent examples of California Pegmatite (the mix of materials that tourmaline grows in).  <\/li>\n<li>Shake the dirt and smaller pieces down to the second screen<\/li>\n<li>Rinse the first screen and discover what you have&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Shake the second screen, rinse and repeat&#8230;go get another bucket!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The secret is the more dirt you move the more you find!  At the OceanView we had Rudy and his wife next to us &#8211; they found two &#8220;BIG&#8221; pinks (at least 3inches by one inch around) and a green to match!!!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/flyviewsandreviews.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/497ca_000_0019.jpg\" style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 10px;width: 320px;height: 214px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Halfway through the day we went on a tour of the mine &#8211; they are working a new area at the OceanView and Jeff&#8217;s insider tip was to come back in a couple weeks &#8211; he feels this is going to be a really productive area!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/flyviewsandreviews.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/de7b4_000_0025.jpg\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;width: 320px;height: 214px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div>This is one of the few &#8220;working&#8221; mines in the Pala area &#8211; so being able to walk through the areas they are currently excavating was an honor.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This is a great look over the system that takes fresh air deep into the mine at a pocket that had been mined previously (this &#8220;money pocket&#8221; was the 49&#8217;er hole and was sold to Tiffany&#8217;s).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>At the end of the day the miners came up to the staging area from working on the new pocket and while one them was talking to Bobby, I heard &#8220;Wow &#8211; we have never had a group that went through the pile in one session &#8211; your group really knows how to move dirt!&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/flyviewsandreviews.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/de7b4_sunset.jpg\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;width: 144px;height: 200px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thank you to Jeff and his great crew at the OceanView &#8211; we left dirty, sore and hungry.  <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b><span>OceanView Mine<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div>Fee Dig Info: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digforgems.com\/\">http:\/\/www.digforgems.com\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/flyviewsandreviews.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/2e967_3379247251712500914-7854817422526975666?l=flyviewsandreviews.blogspot.com\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day One; Mine One! 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