We had a great time and staff was very friendly and knowledgeable. We spent 4 hours here on one day and 3 hours the next day when we came back for more fun.
I actually found a very nice chunk of blue topaz that I’m having cut and shipped back to me. Of the total homes on Ruby Mine Rd, 100 are For Sale, 0 are For Rent, and 20 are Single Family Homes. The median list price per square foot on Ruby Mine Rd is 110, 45 less than this home. Masons Sapphire Mine is an all-natural, dig your own sapphire mine that has been in operation since 1942 in Franklin NC. The 686 carat Cherokee Princess & the 1,070 carat Cherokee. The Franklin NC area features both native (all natural mines) and enriched. You then sit next to the water trough and sift through your dirt. There are currently 37 properties with a median home value on Ruby Mine Rd of 179,300, 22,584 more than this home. Experience the joy of mining for Native North Carolina Rubies, Sapphires, Garnet and other gems. Gem mining in Franklin has a rich tradition, with native rubies and sapphires. Either way, there is a bucket size for every budget. You aren’t really at the mine here but you buy the dirt by the bucket or, you can buy it by the barrel.ĭepending on what bucket you buy, it might be salted or it might not be. This is instant gratification as you will find stones in your bucket without getting the wonderful NC red clay mud all over you. The gift shop has some very beautiful specimens of all types of gems and rocks. Explore an array of Masons Ruby and Sapphire Mine, Franklin vacation rentals, including houses, cabins & more bookable online.
So here we are, pulled in to the Cowee Mountain Mine and checked out their awesome gift shop. Things in Michigan were starting to get snowy. We had been seeing more rain than we cared to see and we needed a little time in some milder temperatures. The Macon county area near Franklin is known for rubies, sapphires and Top traveler ranked gem mine in North Carolina, Elijah Mountain Gem Mine is voted the. It made some sense to me that for our 20th anniversary, I would load her up in the truck, hook up the travel trailer and head south from our Michigan home and do some exploring in the hills and mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina. My wife is a rock hound and loves collecting all types of rocks, minerals and gems.
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