ʻO ka hoʻomaha ʻimi waiwai: ma hea e hele ai?

ʻO nā hoʻomaha hoʻomaha he mau hoʻomaha piha leʻaleʻa ke hiki iā ʻoe ke hauʻoli i kekahi mau hana hoihoi a hoihoi me ka ʻohana holoʻokoʻa. I kēlā me kēia manawa a mākou e noʻonoʻo ai i kahi hoʻomaha, manaʻo mākou i nā kahakai lā, nā mea ʻono ʻono, nā haʻuki hoʻokipa, a me nā mea leʻaleʻa he nui! Akā, ua ʻike paha ʻoe i ka hauʻoli o ka noho ʻana i kahi hoʻomaha ʻimi waiwai? Inā ʻaʻole, a laila pono ʻoe e hāʻawi i kahi pana. Hiki i ka ʻimi waiwai ke hoʻohui i ka mana kilokilo i kāu mau hoʻomaha, a hōʻike iā lākou i mea pololei mai ka noʻonoʻo. E noʻonoʻo i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā pōhaku makamae a loaʻa iā lākou! Aia kekahi mau wahi ma ka honua i waiwai nui, ʻo ia hoʻi ke loli mau nei ka ʻōpala o ka honua ma kēia mau wahi. He waiwai kēia mau wahi i nā minerala a me nā pōhaku makamae. Ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, e ʻike ʻoe i nā wahi like ʻole a wehe ʻia kekahi o lākou i ka lehulehu. Inā ʻoe e ʻeli i ka honua ma kēia mau wahi, e ʻike paha ʻoe i nā ʻano minerala makamae a semi-makamae. ʻO ka mea hou aku, ma ka hapa nui o kēia mau wahi, hiki iā ʻoe ke hauʻoli i nā hana hoihoi ʻē aʻe me kou ʻohana.

ʻO ka mea maikaʻi loa e pili ana i nā hoʻomaha ʻimi waiwai ʻo ia ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi mea hoihoi (hiki iā ʻoe ke paʻi i ka waiwai inā ʻoe laki!). No laila, ʻo wai nā wahi maikaʻi loa e hele ai i ka ʻimi waiwai? ʻAe, pili ia i kāu mea e ʻimi nei. Eia ka papa inoa piha o nā wahi hoʻomaha hoʻomaha waiwai kiʻekiʻe ma US.

ʻO kahi wale nō ma ka honua e hiki ai i nā malihini ke ʻeli i nā daimana, ʻo ka Crater of Diamonds State Park ma Arkansas kekahi o ia ʻano. Nui nā mea e hoʻohanohano ai kēia wahi no ka poʻe makemake i ka hauʻoli o ka ʻimi waiwai. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻohe palena i ka nui o ka "waiwai" i ʻae ʻia e ka malihini e lawe pū me ia, ua ʻike ʻia ma ke kulekele o ka paka ponoʻī e ʻōlelo nei, "nā mea mālama ʻimi". 'O ia ho'i, inā la'a 'oe i ka loa'a 'ana o kahi pōhaku 'ālohilohi, hiki iā 'oe ke lawe i ka home! No laila, ma hope o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i nā hola i ka ʻeli ʻana i nā ʻāpana o ka 37.5 ʻeka, ʻo ia ka hopena o nā makahiki o ka ʻili ʻana o ka ʻili o ka lua pele, inā a i ka wā e hahau ai ʻoe i ke gula (heluhelu daimana!) hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā i kāu waiwai e ka ʻoihana ma ka paka, nana e kakau i kou loaa. Ma waho aʻe o nā daimana keʻokeʻo, ʻeleʻele a melemele, ua haʻaheo ka Crater of Diamonds State Park ma kahi o 40 mau minerala like ʻole a me nā pōhaku crystalline (me nā pōhaku makamae a me nā pōhaku makamae) hiki ke ʻike ʻia ma ʻaneʻi. No laila, inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā daimana, ʻaʻohe mea e hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia. He kiʻekiʻe loa nā manawa e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi mea e hauʻoli ai ʻoe. Eia kekahi, loaʻa nā mea ʻeli a me nā mea eli pono ai ma ka hoʻolimalima ma ka paka.

Nui nā mea ʻē aʻe i loko o ka paka e hoihoi paha iā ʻoe, ke pau kāu ʻimi ʻana i nā daimana. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele wāwae a hele wāwae paha i loko o nā ululāʻau mālie e hoʻopuni ana i ka paka, e leʻaleʻa i ka paka wai i loko o ka hale, e leʻaleʻa i ka pīniki me kou ʻohana, a i ʻole e hele i ka lawaiʻa ma ke kahawai ʻo Little Missouri. ʻO Crater of Diamonds State Park kahi paradaiso aloha maoli, kahi e ʻike ai i nā ʻano mea ulu a me nā holoholona o Arkansas. He aha hou aʻe, inā he kanaka paʻi kiʻi holoholona hihiu ʻoe, a laila hiki iā ʻoe ke kiʻi i nā kiʻi kupaianaha o nā holoholona i ko lākou kūlana kūlohelohe.

ʻO ka ruby ​​kekahi o nā pōhaku makamae nani loa a ma ʻaneʻi ma Cherokee Ruby Mine, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa iā ʻoe iho kekahi o kēia mau pōhaku ʻulaʻula ahi. Aia ka mine ma ke awāwa ʻo Cowee ma North Carolina a ma kahi o nā rubies, ma ʻaneʻi hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i kahi lehulehu o nā pōhaku kūlohelohe e like me ka sapphire, moonstone a me ka garnet. No laila, inā he haumāna ʻoe a i ʻole he hound pōhaku ʻoihana, ʻoiaʻiʻo e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi manawa maikaʻi e ʻeli ai i nā waiwai o ka paka! Ke hiki aku ʻoe i laila, hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻiliʻili i nā mea pono no ka ʻeli ʻana, ma ka puka o ka lua. Hāʻawi ʻia kēlā me kēia malihini i kahi noho noho a me kahi pahu pale, a inā makemake ʻoe i kahi pale mai ka lā, hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻaiʻē i ka malu malu no ka liʻiliʻi o $1 i ka lā. Ke komo i loko, hiki iā ʻoe ke paka i kāu mau kaʻa a hoʻomaka. Aia kekahi poʻe loea e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i nā pōhaku makamae a hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kekahi mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo.

ʻO kekahi o nā kahua honua hoihoi loa ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, ʻo ka Emerald Hollow mine ʻo ia wale nō ka emerald mine ma U.S. ʻo ia ka mea e hiki ai i nā malihini ke ʻeli i nā kiʻi o kēia pōhaku makamae. ʻAʻole hāʻawi kēia wahi i ka ʻimi manuahi. Ke uku ʻoe i ka uku komo no ke komo ʻana i loko, loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi bākeke ʻiliʻili, lawe ʻia mai ka maina mai, me ka manuahi. No nā bākeke hou aʻe, uku lākou iā ʻoe i ke kālā hou no kēlā me kēia bākeke. Eia kekahi, inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻāʻo i kou lima ma ka ʻeli ʻana ma ka ʻāina koʻu, hiki iā ʻoe ke hana pēlā ma ke kūʻai ʻana i palapala ʻae me ke kumukūʻai hou. ʻAʻole wale ʻoe e ʻike i nā emeralds ma aneʻi, akā ʻo nā aquamarine, topaz, garnets, sapphires, tourmaline, a me nā amethysts. E like me ka hapa nui o nā wahi eli ʻana i wehe ʻia i ka lehulehu, e ʻike ʻoe i nā loea ma aneʻi nāna e hoʻomaʻamaʻa iā ʻoe i ke kaʻina hana o ka mining emerald, a kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i kāu ʻike. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kipa i kēia wahi a puni ka makahiki, koe wale nō ma ka lā Kalikimaka, Kalikimaka, a me ka Hoʻomaikaʻi.

ʻO ka Gem Mountain Sapphire Mine ma Montana ka lua kahiko a me ka nui o ka sapphire mine ma US. ʻOiai ka paʻakikī o ka ʻimi ʻana i ka maina e kū nei ma ke kuahiwi, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi sapeira ʻālohilohi a ʻelua paha, pono ka huakaʻi. He ʻokoʻa iki ke kaʻina hana o ka ʻeli ʻana i nā waiwai ma Gem Mountain mai ka nui o nā mines ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻole i wehe ʻia ka wahi koʻu i ka lehulehu a pono ʻoe e uku no kahi bākeke ʻiliʻili i ʻeli ʻia e nā limahana, mai ka lua. ʻO nā mea a pau āu e hana ai, ʻo ka lawe ʻana i ka ʻiliʻili a holoi iā ia e ʻike ai i nā sapphi ʻoʻoleʻa, a e hāʻawi ʻia nā lako pono iā ʻoe. Aia nā loea e alakaʻi iā ʻoe i ka ʻike ʻana i kahi sapphire maikaʻi loa, a haʻi iā ʻoe inā pono ka mālama wela e hoʻopuka i kona kala. ʻO ka mea hou aku, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻoki i kāu sapphire i ka pololei, no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea nani. A inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e loaʻa kekahi mea e lawe ai i ka home, mai paulele ka naʻau. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai mau i kekahi mau ʻāpana sapphire i ʻoki ʻia a koho paha mai kahi ʻano mea nani sapphire i kūʻai ʻia ma ka mine.

No ka ʻohana mining kahiko loa ma US, aia ka Spruce Pine Sapphire Mine ma nā mauna ʻo Blue Ridge o North Carolina, a ke hana ʻia nei. Ua hōʻike ʻia kēia mine kaulana i nā nūpepa kaulana e like me ka National Geographic Magazine, a ma nā kīwī like ʻole. Ma ʻaneʻi ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa wale i ka aquamarine akā pū kekahi o nā pōhaku makamae a semi-makamae. No ka hoʻomaka ʻana, pono ʻoe e uku no kahi bākeke o kaʻu ʻiliʻili a laila e ʻimi i nā pōhaku i loko. Aia nā poʻe loea e alakaʻi iā ʻoe i kēlā me kēia hana a kōkua pū iā ʻoe e ʻike i kāu mau pōhaku. ʻAʻole wale kēia, inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi pōhaku makamae, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻololi iā ia i mea nani ma kahi. ʻO ka ʻohana nona ka maina, ʻōlelo lākou he mau palapala ʻāina kahiko o ia wahi i kōkua iā lākou e ʻimi i kekahi mau wahi koʻu. ʻO kā lākou kulekele e hiki ai i nā malihini ke mālama i nā mea a lākou e loaʻa ai.

He kaulana ka Rockhound State Park no nā "hua hekili" āu e loaʻa ai ma laila. He aha nā hua hekili, e nīnau paha ʻoe. ʻAe, ʻo nā hua hekili ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe he ʻano ʻano honua pōʻai i hana ʻia e ka paʻa ʻana o ka pele i waiwai i ka silica. Hiki ke ʻokoʻa kēia mai kekahi mau ʻīniha a i hoʻokahi mika ka lōʻihi. Inā ʻoe e nānā i ka hua hekili, ʻike ʻoe ua like ia me nā pōhaku maʻamau. Eia naʻe, inā hāmama ʻoe, e ʻike ʻoe i nā kristal o geode, agate, opal, amethyst, quartz, hematite a i ʻole iasepi i loko. ʻO ka hua hekili ka pōhaku mokuʻāina o Oregon.

Aia ka Rockhound State Park ma nā pali o nā mauna ʻo Florida a me Little Florida. ʻO ke kulekele ma ka paka e hiki ai i nā malihini ke lawe ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ma mua o 15 lbs o ka pōhaku me lākou. Ma waho aʻe o ka ʻimi ʻana i nā hua hekili, he nui nā hana ʻē aʻe no nā malihini. Hiki iā ʻoe ke leʻaleʻa i kahi pīniki me kou ʻohana a i ʻole e hele wāwae ma nā pali mauna. ʻElua ala hele wāwae i kapa ʻia

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, a ua lulu ʻia kēia me nā ʻano pōhaku lua pele. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka nani nani ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ke ala, e haʻalele ʻoe iā ʻoe i ka pīhoihoi! ʻO kekahi mea hoihoi nui o ka paka ka

ʻahaʻaina i mālama ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki i ʻApelila.

Ma ka Bonanza Opal Mine, ka mea i kaulana no kona mau opal ahi maikaʻi, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā opals mai Mei-Sepatemaba wale nō, a no ke koena o ka makahiki e pani ʻia ka paka no nā malihini. Inā e hoʻolālā ana ʻoe e kipa i ka maina, mai poina i ka lawe ʻana i ka bākeke a me kekahi mau mea hana no ka ʻeli ʻana, no ka mea, ʻaʻole hāʻawi manuahi ka paka i kēia mau mea i ka poʻe malihini. Eia kekahi, ʻike ka ʻāina i nā wela kiʻekiʻe me ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa loa, no laila e lawe i nā aniani a hoʻohana i ka pale lā ma kou ʻili, e pale iā ʻoe iho mai nā kukuna wela o ka lā. Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i kahi hoʻomaha no ka ʻohana holoʻokoʻa, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻāʻo i kahi hoʻomoana ma kahi kokoke i ka mine. ʻO nā hana ʻē aʻe āu e leʻaleʻa ai a puni ka mine, ʻo ia ka lawaiʻa ʻana i nā loko Dufurrena a i ʻole ka Punawai Nui, ka nānā ʻana i nā manu, ke kipa ʻana i ka Mickey Hot Springs, ka hele wāwae a me ka holo kaʻa mauna ma nā mauna ʻo Hart a me Steens, e ʻike ana i nā holoholona hihiu ma ko lākou hoʻonohonoho kūlohelohe, a nui aku.

Holo ʻia e ka ʻohana Otteson mai 1958 i ka wā i hele mua ai ʻo Lynn Otteson i Tonopah, ʻo ka Royston Turquoise Mine kekahi o nā mines turquoise kahiko loa ma US. ʻO ka turquoise i ʻeli ʻia mai ka Royston Mine ua ʻike ʻia ʻo "Royston Turquoise", a ua kaulana ia ma ka honua no kona mau kala like ʻole. ʻAʻole wale ʻoe e ʻike i nā hiʻohiʻona i nā ʻano like ʻole o ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me ka uliuli akā pū kekahi me nā kaha o nā kala ʻelua. ʻO Turquoise i ʻeli ʻia ma ʻaneʻi kekahi o nā mea maikaʻi loa ma ka honua.

ʻAʻole ʻae ʻia nā malihini a pau i ka Royston Turquoise Mine i loko o ka wahi eli. Inā makemake ʻoe e ʻeli, akā, ua ʻae ʻia ʻoe i loko no ka uku. ʻO ka lōʻihi loa e ʻae ʻia ai e ʻimi no ka turquoise ma ka wahi mining, ʻo 3 mau hola. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia kekahi e hōʻiliʻili ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi bākeke ʻiliʻili mai kahi eli. E like me ka hapa nui o nā mines ʻē aʻe i wehe ʻia i ka lehulehu, he hale kūʻai kāhiko kēia wahi a hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolilo i kāu "mea waiwai" i lilo i ʻāpana nani o nā mea nani i hana ʻia. Mai poina naʻe i ka lawe ʻana i kāu mau mea eli ponoʻī i kēlā me kēia manawa āu e kipa aku ai i ia wahi.

ʻO ke kahakai ʻo Big Sur ma Kaleponi ka waihona nui loa o ka jade ma ka honua. ʻO ka jade i loaʻa ma kēia māhele

a hiki ke loaʻa ma lalo o ka wai a ma nā kahakai paha. No nā makahiki he kanalima i hala iho nei, ua hoʻokipa ʻia ke kahakai ʻo Big Sur i nā malihini mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa, e hele mai ana e ʻimi i ka moena o ka moana me ka manaʻolana e loaʻa i kahi hōʻailona maikaʻi o kēia pōhaku makamae. ʻO kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona nui o kēia wahi ʻo ia ka

mālama ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki. He ʻahaʻaina ia i hoʻolauleʻa ʻia no 3 mau lā i ke kūʻai ʻia ʻana o nā mea hana jade a me nā mea nani. Eia nō naʻe, he mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ʻoiai he mea kupanaha ka ʻimi ʻana i ka jade, ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka loaʻa ʻana o ka jade maikaʻi loa e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke lilo i mea nani. ʻO nā ʻano jade āu e ʻike ai ma ka Big Sur Jade Clove ʻo 'Big Sur Bubble Jade', jade ʻōmaʻomaʻo, jade uliuli, a me ka jade vulcan. ʻO ka jade Vulcan ka mea ʻokoʻa loa o lākou a pau, a he mau kala me nā ʻōniʻoniʻo ʻulaʻula, melemele a me nā ʻalani.

Aia ma kapa o ka muliwai Mokelumne, ua ʻike ʻia ka Roaring Camp i ka wā o ke kahe gula ma Kaleponi i ka makahiki 1850 a ke hana mau nei. Ua wehe ʻia ka maina i nā malihini e makemake ana i ka ʻimi gula a me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ko lākou mau lima i nā haʻuki leʻaleʻa e like me ka rafting, ʻauʻau, piʻi, piʻi pōhaku, a me ka lawaiʻa. ʻO ka 'Saturday Night Cookout Dinner' kekahi mea hoihoi nui, kahi e ʻono ai ʻoe i kahi BBQ steak leʻaleʻa. Aia kekahi hale hōʻikeʻike ma ka hale a loaʻa iā ʻoe nā alakaʻi nāna e hōʻike iā ʻoe a puni. Hāʻawi ʻia ka poʻe kipa i nā lako pono a pau no ka ʻimi ʻana i ke gula, e like me nā pā gula, nā pahu rocker, nā pahu sluice, a me nā ʻeke ʻiliʻili gula. ʻO nā wai aniani o ka muliwai ʻo Mokelumne, a me nā mauna a puni me nā wailele, ʻo ia ka mea kōkua i ka ʻāina nani o ka maina.

No laila, ʻike ʻoe he liʻiliʻi nā wahi ʻimi waiwai ma US. No laila, he aha kāu e kali nei? E hoʻopaʻa i kāu mau ʻeke a hele aku no kahi hoʻomaha hoʻomaha piha i kekahi o kēia mau wahi. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, aia nā waiwai e kali nei e ʻike ʻia!