The History of Morenci Turquoise Where does Morenci turquoise come from? Most of the high-grade Morenci turquoise came from a claim owned by William “Lucky” Brown. He called it the “Morenci Turquoise Mine” but really it was located on the property of the massive and still active today Morenci open pit copper mine in Greenlee […]
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High Lonesome
High Lonesome Down in the bootheel of southern New Mexico, somewhere out in the vast expanse south of Old Hachita, near the Mexican border and in the shadow of Big Hatchet mountain is an old wellhead and windmill from the early 1900’s named High Lonesome. Next to it, the bullet hole riddled water tank with […]
Bisbee Turquoise
The History of Bisbee turquoise The town of Bisbee and the namesake of one of the most coveted turquoise from the American southwest happened by quite accident in the late 1800’s. A U.S. Cavalry scout by the name of Jack Dunn who was sent to look for water while tracking Apache Indians in the Mule […]