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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:
http://www.coweemtnrubymine.com/
Directions:
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
-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
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GPS Coordinates (lat,long): ( 35°14'5.17"N, 83°20'31.76"W)
or (35.234769, -83.342155)
Google Map: (The GPS marker is supposed to be exact.)
Tags: Cowee Mountain Ruby Mine, ruby mine, ruby, sapphire, mine, emerald, Franklin, North Carolina, Macon County, highway 441, 441, highway 23, 23, screen, screening
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