Second generation silversmith making heirloom quality jewelry true to Southwest tradition for over a decade. Chad's family has more than 200 years of history in New Mexico and you can see that heritage in his work.
Stone
Fox Turquoise
Mine
Fox Mine
Origin
Nevada
Mine Status
Limited
Stone Story
Fox Turquoise comes out of Lander County, Nevada, from the old Cortez claims — filed in 1914. Dowell Ward bought the property in the 1940s, renamed it the Fox, and built it into one of the largest turquoise operations the state has ever had: better than half a million pounds out of the ground by 1968. Different pockets went to market under their own names — Fox, White Horse, Green Tree, Smith — depending on the color they gave up. Nothing since has come close to that run, and most of the Fox moving through the trade still traces back to it. The stone is hard, and it runs green through blue-green with a matrix that reads like nowhere else.
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