North Carolina Mines
Gem Mines in the State of North Carolina
Castle McCullough is a gold mill that offers gold and gem panning in the piedmont area of North Carolina. Castle McCullough offers a place for classes of students to take a field trip and learn about gold or gem panning in North Carolina.
The Emerald Hollow Mine in Hiddenite North Carolina is my family's favorite public gem mine in North Carolina. The town of Hiddenite is even named after the gem found here at the mine. My daughter Monica enjoys the sluice mining here at Emerald Hollow. The sluice is where you wash off dirt from a bucket to see what you have found in the way of gem stones. Please look at the sources listed below for Web sites for the mines in my article. The mine in Hiddenite also has a nice campground.
The Chimney Rock Gemstone mine is located in Chimney Rock North Carolina and offers flume mining as well as a nice gift shop. Kids like nothing better than getting wet and dirty while finding cool stuff like gemstones. And Chimney Rock offers some of the most beautiful scenery in the state of North Carolina. Part of the movie "The last of the Mohicans" was filmed in this part of North Carolina.
Lucky Strike Recreational Gold and Gem Mine in Marion North Carolina is another one that offers a camp ground. They offer gold mining at the flume via panning and have a restaurant there on the premises. If gold isn't you thing then buy a bucket of dirt and look for some rare gemstones while visiting the site.
Sources
http://www.northcarolinaemeralds.info/
http://www.luckystrikegoldandgem.com/index.htm
http://www.chimneyrockgemmine.com/
http://castlemcculloch.com/info.asp?id=1010
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Published by ann hulbert
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2 Comments
Post a CommentExploring materials using the sluice at the Emerald Hollow mine sounds like fun!
Ditto. Good job!