Explore a selection of 1500 holiday homes, including holiday. We are located a long way from town so be prepared to bring your lunch, but we do have drinks and snacks for sale in our store to tide you over. Book your Masons Ruby and Sapphire Mine, Franklin holiday home online from AU 138/night. Rock hammers, and picks aren't necessary and we discourage their use. The rocks can be sharp!В We provide all the tools necessary for mining: shovels, buckets, screens, and we have hand truck rentals. Regardless of weather conditions you might want to consider bringing a change of clothes and we do provide a dressing room.В Also bring rubber gloves or buy them from our storeВ to wash the dirt. During thunderstorms we will close the flume till the storm passes. Contest Ruby is one of the best agents of the RED Task force team. Also if it's rainy we do reserve the right to close the mineВ if we feel safety issues warrant it. She dated Mason for all four years of college and married soon after she graduated at. Bring rubber boots with tread and a rain coat. The original mine dates back to 1895 and. If it's raining or been rainingВ our digging area gets VERYВ SLOPPY. We are an all native, and dig your own gem mine located in the Burningtown area of Macon County, North Carolina. They made sure that all the kids that were there either found some or they gave them some. Since we are a Dig Your Own Mine you need to be prepared for outdoor conditions. Masons Ruby and Sapphire Mine in NC My Brother and I went to Masons ruby and Sapphire Mine in Franklin North Carolina Saturday Oct 27. Now under the ownership ofВ the Klatt family it's continuing to stay with the Mason's winning formula of customer service! In 1942 the Mason family bought the property and established the present day touristВ gem mine. of New York.В It was known as the Raby Mine in those days and abrasive gradeВ corundum was mined andВ occasionally gems were produced. The originalВ mine datesВ backВ to 1895В and was operated by the American Prospecting and Mining Co. We are an all native, andВ dig your own gem mine located in the Burningtown area of Macon County, North Carolina.

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