Big mean man mining company started out as a casual rock collecting hobby while off roading

In 2012 I began poking around off trail with my kids, ultimately finding my very first crystal. Excited I went home and looked up how to file a mining claim. Realizing the spot I had been colleting on was already claimed I hopped in my rig, went to the address on file and returned the crystals I had found. The old time miner looked at them, handed them back and said thank you for being honest. This was how I met the Master faceter and well known miner Phil Osborne. He mentored me and introduced me to various forms of mining, above and below ground. Many thanks to the legend. We continued on to locating more locations and mining quartz, garnets, schorl, foitite, aquamarine, amethyst, smoky quartz, calcite and Oregon Sunstone.