"The best most of us can really hope for is some small piece from tailings." Just this past weekend I pulled a plate full of rare tellurides out of Otto Mounta

"The best most of us can really hope for is some small piece from tailings." Just this past weekend I pulled a plate full of rare tellurides out of Otto Mountain for a Caltech PhD. You have to be very observant to find a good spot to acquire minerals out of the ground, but excellent large specimens are still out there to be pulled.