Looking for Gold in the Mountains of Maine Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Clarence Sawyer watches Richard Neville burn through granite at the quarry at Crotch Island, Maine. Oct. 27, 1985 ( Bill Greene/The Boston Globe / Getty ) Produced by Ellen Frankman Produced by PRI and WNYC