Good Tires. Any way you come to the mine will be at least 20 miles of gravel road.
Drinking Water. This is dry high desert country and you need to allow two gallons of drinking water per adult per day.
Food and high energy snacks. The Mine does not provide food for visitors
Cool clothing. It gets hot out here during the day.
Sun Screen and a protective hat. The sun can be intense here.
Warm clothing. It can freeze here any night of the year.
Your favorite shovel and screen if you have them. If not, we can loan you some.
Eye protection, especially if you plan to use a pick or hammer to break up the brittle basalt parent rock.
Other digging implements such as work gloves, a hammer and pry bar, etc.
A good attitude. This is about having fun, making friends and finding pretty rocks. If this is your goal, then please come visit us.