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Yogo Gulch Sapphires Chosen by Princess for Ring
The Montana sapphire lore centers on Yogo Gulch where prospectors Hoover Hobson and Dr Bouvet sparked a sapphire boom. After early digs and a $38,000 ditch, blue pebbles led to a major English mined operation from 1898 to 1928, yielding vast riches and notable figures in the sapphire history.
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Yogo Gulch
Princess
Montana
Bannack
Virginia City
Last Chance Gulches
Yogo Creek
Little Belt Mountains
Yogo
Jake Hoover
Frank Hobson
South Fork
Judith River
Hoover
Sage
Fergus County
Dr. Bouvet
Butte
Yogo Canyon
Maine
Hobson
P. W. Korrell
Korrell
Jim Ettien
Ettien
C. M. Goodell
Yoga Creek
Mr. Baker
Matt Dunn
Alaska
Syndicate
New Mine
Sapphire Syndicate
Discovery
Burke
Utica
Lion Lode
Mary A. O'Brien
Pat T. Sweeney
John Burke
Sweeney
American Sapphire Co
H. O. Chowan
Yogo Bill
George Praser
George Spencer
Gene Poirer
Henry Crittenden
Charles H. Burr
Dan O'Donnell
Wallace Danford