On an open stretch of Route 26 in Woodstock, somewhere between Paris and Bethel, a white sign catches drivers’ attention with big red letters: “DIG GEMS.” Beneath it in black reads, “Maine tourmaline, ...

Pink, green and blue tourmaline, aquamarine beryl and deep red garnet, purple amethyst and sparkling lepidolite — they all lie buried in Maine granite. To find them, all you have to do is dig — and ...

In 1820, the year Maine won its statehood, two college students were hiking in the western foothills when, in waning autumn daylight, they spotted a glint of green among a tangle of upturned roots.

OUTER SPACE. THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERNAI MNE DEEP DENSE AND WILD MARKED BY HIGH PKSEAND A CLEAR MOUNTAIN STREAMS AND FOR 200 YEARS OXFORD COUNTY HAS ALSO BEEN FAMOUS FOR WHAT THE LANDSCAPE CONCEALS ...

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NEWRY, Maine — Five years ago, after much of their land had been logged in Western Maine, Gary Freeman and a colleague were bushwhacking through a thicket of raspberry shrubs and maple saplings, ...

BETHEL, Maine (WMTW) — Even half a century later, no find of Maine Tourmaline has ever come close to matching the two tons worth found in Newry in October of 1972. Karen Webber is among the preeminent ...