| Cowee Mountain Ruby Mine Franklin, NC US Uploaded By Scott (webmaster) Uploaded on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 12:39:54 PM Viewed 3820 times |
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This is a fee pay mine where you can purchase a bucket to screen through. I'm not certain if the "ruby and sapphire" and "emerald" dirt comes from them or if they get it from a nearby mine. They also have "salted" buckets which probably turns off a rockhound purist but is likely fun to screen nonetheless. You can find more details on their website: | From Atlanta, GA -Take I-85N/GA-403N -Keep left to take GA-365 via EXIT 113 toward Gainesville for 52.7 miles -Merge onto US-23N/US-441N for 49.9 miles -Turn Right off of US-23N/US into Cowee Mtn. Ruby Mine From Charlotte, NC -Take I-85 toward Gastonia for 70.5 miles -Merge onto I-26W via EXIT 70 toward Asheville, NC for 57.8 miles -Merge onto I-40W/US-74 vis EXIT 32B on Left toward CANTON/KNOXVILLE for 18.3 miles -Merge onto US-74W vis EXIT 27 toward CLYDE/WAYNESVILLE/MURPHY/ATLANTA/MAGGIEVALLEY for 1.3 miles -Merge onto US-23S/US-74W for 24.9 miles -Merge onto US-23/US-441S via EXIT 81 toward DILLSBORO/FRANKLIN/ATLANTA for 14.5 miles -Turn left in to Cowee Mtn. Ruby Mine From Knoxville, TN -Take I-40E toward ASHVILLE for 91.7 miles -Take the US-19/US-23 EXIT 27 toward CLYDE for .3miles -Merge onto US-74W for .5miles -US-74 becomes ramp for .2miles -Merge onto US-23S/US-74W for 24.7 miles -Merge onto US-23S/US-441S via EXIT 81 toward DILLSBORO/FRANKLIN/ATLANTA for 14.5 miles -Turn Left into Cowee Mtn. Ruby Mine |