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Review of The Lost Mine of Murphy
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| The Mountain Travel Guide visited The
Lost Mine of Murphy North Carolina on Tuesday (June 3, 2008). Located
at the Liquidation Station, 0.5 mile east of Wal-Mart (almost a landmark
here in Murphy), The Lost Mine of Murphy's website list a "Guaranteed
Jewelry Quality: stone in every bucket.
Living here in Murphy I had never really planned on visiting the
"Lost Mine", but a visit from my Mother from middle Georgia
caused us to plan a close to home outing. My wife & I along with our 3
year old daughter and my mother each received a $15 bucket of dirt and
were given instructions and a demonstration of how to find the gems. Not
really expecting to fine anything in our buckets, we began to pan. |
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| Ok, I have to admit I was wrong on
so may levels. Not only did we fine a lot of gems, I really had fun. We
all did. Well, our 3 year old had more fun washing gravel from the walkway
than she did looking for rocks (after all there were plenty of rocks on
the walkway). We stayed there for almost 2 hours playing in our buckets of
dirt, and in the end we had 4 gems which we left with The Lost Mine's gem
cutter to have placed in rings (ready in about 2 weeks). I will try to add
photos of the cut stones after they are done.
One of the reasons our time at the "Lost Mine" was so much
fun was because of our panning host/rock-ol-ogists, Zack. Zack was very
helpful, and entertaining. His knowledge of rocks and gems were great.
As stated on the Cherokee County North Carolina
page of this site, Murphy North Carolina is a great "Home Base"
offering a variety of recreational opportunities within a short driving
distance. The Lost Mine of Murphy should definitely be added to your list
of things to do while in the area. I Will be returning to the Lost
Mine to play in the dirt again. |
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