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Smoky Mountain Gold and Ruby Mine

TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #6 of 9 attractions in Cherokee
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Attraction type: Mine
Address: U.S. 441N Cherokee, NC
Tel: 828-497-6574

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4 of 5 stars
St. Louis
15 May 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

We stopped by this attraction on the way into the park and enjoyed it. $8 gets you a bucket to sluice thru. I don't think its for hard-core gem miners, which we aren't, but it was a lot of fun for my 5 year old. They offer to ID the gems for free - but we took a pass and... more

29 May 2007
0/7 found this review helpful

I have been going 2 this place .every since i was a little boy I bought some siver jewlrey from here and it was told 2 me it was real .....................................This is not the case its fake I am so mad i will never return again more

8 Sep 2005
29/32 found this review helpful

I went there and spent maybe $30 all together. My boyfriend and I got 2 small bags. I think they were 2 for $11 or so. Then we got the bucket with the emeralds and rubys or saphires. We hit pay dirt! We found so many stones including several rubies, topaz's, amthyst, emeralds, and saphires. He had one cut for... more

8 Aug 2005
20/22 found this review helpful

having visited many of the bag-of-dirt gem mining attractions in NC, I woul dhave to say that this one is merely average...it is better then the one in Cherokee associated with the bear zoo, but if you are really interested in doind this, go to Spruce Pine or Franklin to one of the better establishments. The emerald and ruby buckets... more

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4 of 5 stars
Danville, Virginia
21 Apr 2005
24/27 found this review helpful

I got the small bag of Gold, I think it was $11.00 or so. Found 5 or 6 pieces of gold big enough to pick up with tweezers or maybe your fingers. I got maybe 1/2 gram of gold about $6.00 worth, hey they have to make money to stay in business. Worth the investment just for the excitement of... more

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U.S. 441N, Cherokee, NC
Tel: 828-497-6574