Richard & Helen Shull: Miners, Authors, Artists, Owners of Esmeralda Turquoise Company - Epi. 272, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

This had to be one of the more interesting podcasts I've
done.  It's with Helen and Richard Shull, and they own
Esmeralda Turquoise Company in Nevada. They had come into my
gallery and we were talking about what they do. It turns out
they're miners/gemologists and they own turquoise mines that are
scattered through northern Nevada.

After a brief conversation I asked them to come on the show and
they gave this wonderful talk about how you find mines, and what
it means to be a miner in 2023.  They clearly love what they
do. I mean, these are very intellectual, savvy
individuals. 
Richard's a gemologist and Helen is a botanist, but they just
love turquoise.

I wrote a fiction book called Stone Men. That was kind of the
ethos of what this was like. To have these two actual stone
people who have dedicated their entire lives, eating, breathing,
and living turquoise on the podcast, well, it made for a
phenomenal episode. Richard and Helen Shull on Art Dealer Diaries
Podcast episode 272.