are together only in this part of North Carolina. Gems have created a cottage industry around Hiddenite, with amateurs and mining operations working the soil. At Emerald Hollow Mine, options for ...

The Emerald Hollow Mine offers amateur prospectors ... it's tucked away in the small town of Hiddenite, North Carolina. You can choose from three different gem-mining activities: sluicing ...

An emerald mine in the foothills of North Carolina was the scene of ... “Among the gems taken were rare examples of Hiddenite, a stone found no where else in the world.” Hiddenite is a green ...

Emerald Hollow Mine in Hiddenite, North Carolina, offers multiple gem hunting opportunities for visitors: digging, creeking and sluicing. Courtesy of Emerald Hollow Mine A man fills up buckets ...

Two couples find 400+ carats of emeralds in North Carolina ... mine to amateurs at $25 a head, and watched as a pair of couples quickly came away with tens of thousands of dollars worth of gems.

The discovery came about a week into his mining efforts ... Alexander County in North Carolina — an area that includes Hiddenite — was known for its gems after the Civil War, but the supply ...

Hiddenite, NC-- A North Carolina couple ... The Barrieaults and other gemstone enthusiast went digging Friday at theNorth American Emerald Mine in Hiddentite. Mine owner Jamie Hill says it's ...

ALEXANDER COUNTY, N.C. — A mining accident has claimed the life of a man famous for mining for gems in the mountains of North Carolina ... a machine to dig up hiddenite — a rare, bright ...