Visits to the actual Stewart Mine are not allowed, but for $15 gem hounds can reserve a bucket of “tailings” from the mine, then pan for tourmaline and other gems. After about 50 miles, we took California 76 east. We headed down Interstate 15 on a sweltering Saturday morning in late May.
Carolyn and I just wanted to find enough tourmaline to make pendants for two necklaces or maybe a pair of earrings for each of us.
