Cherokee Ruby & Sapphire Mine
At this Great Smoky Mountain-area mine in Franklin, North Carolina, about 60 miles southwest of Blowing Rock, you might find rubies, sapphires, garnets, and rutile (similar to hematite). Your admission fee gets you two buckets, a screen box, and a seat cushion, which you use at the flume line. For a dollar extra, you can get a shade umbrella. Admission: $15 for ages 12 and up, $10 for kids 6 to 11; free for ages 5 and under. Open Apr. 1- Oct. 31.
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this place is probably something to see once the area under the lighted Up Canopy has turned into a place where the homeless tend to gravitate there are individuals dressed up in numerous costumes or nothing at all trying to make a buck the side that has became what is known as Container Park has turned into a very nice place to visit there is some restoration going on to the older motels that is really improving the area but if you have young kids Fremont Street Under The Canopy is probably not the best place to go the nudity is quite heavy there