A TBNC Case Study
prototypical
Large
Scale
Project Entitlement & Site Development Program
Including, but
not limited to the site acquisition in fee, master site planning, specific site
engineering, agency and governmental approvals and project entitlement,
corporate marketing, investor opportunities and relationships, financial and
fiscal program management and on-going commercial operations.
A TBNC Case Study
08.01.07
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A Storied Visit
Presented
By
Scott L. Ritchie
1999 a.d.
In March of 1903, F. B. Schuyler and D. G. Harrington of Oceanside hiked to the top of the Pala Mountain just 4 miles north of the Pala Mission - prospecting for quartz and tourmaline crystals. Schuyler and Harrington began their search along the Ed Fletcher Jr. pegmatite down slope of Colonel Fletcher’s northernmost claim boundary. About 300 yards from the summit, at an elevation of approximately 1640 feet - the duo came upon a rich gem tourmaline-bearing pocket zone, clearly exposed along a broken section of relatively flat-lying coarse pegmatite which was eroding onto the surface.
Around late 1909, local pioneer mineral and gem dealer - Al Everett heard that the mine owners were in a big pocket of fine pink tourmaline. Everett quickly traveled the 22 miles from Escondido to the base of Pala Mountain on his buckboard carriage. A steep hike up the southern slope of the mountain brought him to the mine shack perched high on the northwest side just below the summit. The miners had displayed some contents of the huge pocket upon a rough wood plank work table measuring about 3 by 8 feet - located in a little flat clearing. Everett described the table as “completely covered from end to end with big thick pink tourmalines, stacked like canned goods, side by side”, the largest flat terminated pocket crystal measuring about 4 by 8 inches long. Although Everett had first choice of purchase that day, regrettably he had only been able to bring with him a mere $28.00 - though he still left the mine with a nice selection of small pink crystals and a vivid tale of the gem bonanza.
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The Tourmaline Queen mine is a private mineral estate within the Pala Indian Reservation, located in the extreme northernmost coastal mountains of San Diego County, California. The mountain is officially named "Tourmaline Queen", and is a prominent feature just north of the historic Asistencia de San Antonio de Pala in the beautiful San Luis Rey River Valley.
By the turn of the 21st century, exceptional specimens from the Tourmaline Queen mine were displayed in most of the world's finest museums.
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A Storied Visit
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By
Scott L. Ritchie
1999 a.d.
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A TBNC Case Study
prototypical
Large
Scale
Project Entitlement & Site Development Program
Including, but
not limited to the site acquisition in fee, master site planning, specific site
engineering, agency and governmental approvals and project entitlement,
corporate marketing, investor opportunities and relationships, financial and
fiscal program management and on-going commercial operations.
A TBNC Case Study
08.01.07