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Don't know if this has anything to do with it, but it appears the amethyst mine has newish owners. Got some suggestions to follow a business on social media and the Four Peaks Amethyst Company has started hitting my feeds for some reason. They have also started running tours of the mine via helicopter. For $500 you get a ride to the mine and a goody bag to take home.

@SpiderLegs
They've been doing the helicopter tours for over 12 years at least. Four Peaks Mining Co. has owned it since 1998. Not sure if it has recently changed hands.

@SpiderLegs Clearly Mark, Jack, Elon, or whoever else is doing the things these days obviously want you to go on the tour. Let us know how it is.

@chumley - I've been there once, no need to see it again.

It’s wilderness. Therefore shouldn’t be allowed

It's okay, much like the delineated areas for AZ Snowbowl and the Waterline Rd into the Inner Basin, they fly an invisible tunnel of non-wilderness surrounded by the "true wilderness", thereby preserving the "spirit" of wilderness.