Gem Mines ARKANSAS Gee & Dee Crystals 4764 Highway 27 North Story, AR 71970 Ph. (870) 867-4561 Quartz crystals, keep all you find at mine. Find points, doubles, tabbies and clusters, clear or milky. Fee $20 adults, special rates for children, groups or special digs. Call for information and pamphlet. Toilet at mine. Crystals for sale in yard. Open all year. Mine and equipment for sale.

MAINE
Poland Mining Camps
PO Box 26
Poland, ME 04274
Ph. (207) 998-2350
Website: polandminingcamps.com
June-September with just 8 cabins, you're assured no crowds. Each day a different mine. Frequent blasting at ours and other sites, Fresh rock, new potential. 3 meals and snacks are part of the package. Even your pets are welcome. We cater to beginners and advanced collectors and micromounters.

MONTANA
Gem Mountain
Cooney's Sapphire Village Inc.
PO Box 148
3835 Skalkaho Road
Philipsburg, MT 59858
Ph. (406) 859-GEMS (4367) Toll Free (866) 459-GEMS (4367)
Website: www.gemmtn.com
Sapphire gemstones hidden in the Mountains of Montana. Sapphire gemstones and jewelry, gravel concentrate, heat treating and faceting. Located in southwest Montana between Philipsburg and Hamilton on MT Hwy 38 about an hours drive from Butte or Missoula. Open seven days per week, mid-May to mid-October. We ship concentrate year-round.

Red Rock Mine and Garnet Gallery
2040 Hyway 287
Alder, MT 59710
Ph. (406) 842-5760
Screen for garnets, corundum, rubies. Buy a bucket $10.00 or screen in a pit all day $15. Quantity scoop $100.00. Open May 1st to October 1st, 9AM-5PM, Sunday Noon-5PM. Tools supplied. Also jewelry made with local gems. Please call ahead for quantity scoop.

Sapphire Studio
P.O. Box 312
140 Aspen Grove Lane
Hamilton, Montana 59840
Phone 406-363-6650
Fax 406-363-6650
Website: www.sapphiremining.com
Mine direct sapphire gravel concentrate from Rock Creek/ Gem Mountain area. Heat treating, faceting, gemstones, jewelry available. Washing operation open June through October, gravel available year round. Located in Hamilton, Montana, 40 miles from mine. Mine privately run since the 1970's. Best sapphire gravel to be found, check us out!

Spokane Bar Sapphire Mine
5360 Castles Rd
Ph./Fax (406) 227-8989
E-mail: sales@sapphiremine.com
Website: www.sapphiremine.com
Open daily 9am-5pm, year around (winter hours vary).
Dig for sapphires for fun and fortune! A Lewis and Clark Expedition site! Sapphires, garnets, topaz, gold plus fossils found! Old diggin's date to 1870. Dig in virgin material. Visit us or see our site at www.sapphiremine.com. Sapphire concentrates available at the mine or can be ordered UPS!

NEVADA
Bonanza Opal Mine, Inc. (Virgin Valley, NV)
62550 Waugh Rd.
Bend, OR 97701
Ph. (541) 383-1700
Email: nadine1700@aol.com
Fee opal tailings digging at Bonanza Opal Mine. May 29 to September 30, 2004. $35.00 per person, children 12 & under free. Take Highway 140 approximately 88 miles east of Lakeview, Oregon or 125 miles Northwest of Winnemucca, Nevada. Free camping and showers nearly at Virgin Valley campground. 8AM - 4PM.

Rainbow Ridge Opal Mine, Inc.
PO Box 97
Denio, NV 89404
Ph. (775) 941-0270 Ph. (off season) (541) 548-4810
Email: glen@nevadaopal.com
Website: www.nevadaopal.com
2003 Season, open May 23rd thru Sept. 30th. Closed on Wednesdays. Fee site for tailings digging and virgin ground loads. Wet and dry opal specimens available for sale in our shop. For more info, check out the website at www.nevadaopal.com or call for a digging brochure.

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Ruggles Mine
Rt. 4
Grafton, NH 03240
Ph. (603) 523-4275; Fax (603) 448-6911
Website: www.rugglesmine.com
Ruggles Mine, the oldest, largest open-pit mica, feldspar, beryl mine in the U.S. has many rooms and tunnels to explore. Tickets include the mine, museum and collecting minerals, plus fantastic views. Adults $17, ages 4-11 $5. Open every day mid-June to mid-October. Weekend only mid-May to mid-June.

NEW JERSEY
Sterling Hill Mining Museum
30 Plant St.
Ogdensburg, NJ 07439
Ph. (973) 209-7212; Fax (973) 209-8505
E-mail: shm@tapnet.net
Website: www.sterlinghill.org
April thru November 7 days a week, December and March weekends or by appointment, Closed January and February. Open for collecting last Sunday of month or by appointment. World classic fluorescent and non-fluorescent minerals available $10 fee and $1/lb over first 10 lbs.

NEW YORK
Crystal Grove Diamond Mine & Campground
161 Co. Highway 114
St. Johnsville, NY 13452
Ph. (800) KRY-DIAM
E-mail: fun@crystalgrove.com
Website: www.crystalgrove.com
Mine your own "Herkimer Diamonds" in beautiful upstate New York. 3 large areas, no claims. Rent our tools or bring your own. Stay next door in our spacious, wooded campground-sites for tent or RV, camping cabins, modern facilities. Mining daily April through October, 8AM to dusk. Camping begins mid-April.

Herkimer Motel
Exit 30, NY Thruway, I-90
Ph. (315) 866-0490; Fax (315) 866-0416
Email: herkmotl@mybizz.net
Website: www.herkimermotel.com
Herkimer Diamonds: Herkimer N.Y. Thruway I-90, Exit 30: Mining April 1st thru December 1st (barring snow). Special rates for prospectors and families. 60 clean, comfortable, and reasonably priced rooms. Continental breakfast, in-ground heated pool, year-round fitness room and 24-hr Denny's. Herkimer Motel resv. (877) 656-6835.

NORTH CAROLINA
Emerald Village
PO Box 98
331 McKinney Mine Rd.
Little Switzerland, NC 28749
Ph. (828)765-6463; (828) rok-mine
E-mail: mine@wnclink.com
Website: www.emeraldvillage.com
Nestled high in the Blue Ridge Mountains is beautiful Little Switzerland, a community of Gem, Mineral and Mining attractions. In this famous historical mining area you can find up to 45 different rocks & minerals. Historical preservation of the mines and prospecting for gems makes Emerald Village the center of mining in North Carolina.

Sheffield Mine
385 Sheffield Farms Rd
Franklin, NC 28734
Ph. (828) 369-8383
E-mail: ruby@sheffieldmine.com
Website: www.sheffieldmine.com
Native star rubies at Sheffield mine in Franklin, NC. Novice and experienced rock hounds welcome! 488 carat ruby found in 2002! Look for native rubies or for gemstones from around the world. We supply all necessary tools Rock & gift shop open 10am daily, April thru October. Group rates available.

OREGON
All Rockhound Powwow Club of America
Gem and Mineral Show
Madras, Oregon
Ph. 360-293-2031
E-mail: mistybluemorn@aol.com
Gem and Mineral Show at Madras, Oregon. June 30 - July 4, 2004. Field Trips Daily for thunder eggs, agate, jasper, petrified wood and replacement wood. 70+ dealers. Entertainment nightly. Sat. night mineral auction. Dry camping or full-hookup available.

Lucky Strike Mine
PO Box 128
Mitchell, OR 97750
Ph. (541) 462-3073
Email: info@luckystrikemine.com
Website: www.luckystrikemine.com
Agate filled thunder eggs, every color of the rainbow; with 75% mosses, and some fortification, banded, and plumes. Open Memorial Day weekend thru mid October. Hours are 8am to 5pm daily Thursday thru Monday or by appointment. Bring your own tools, free camping, water and outhouses. What you want in eggs, fee is $1 per pound.

Oregon Sunstone Free Dig
Ph: (775) 772-7724
Email: tourmalineminer@aol.com
Spectrum Oregon Sunstone Mine. Dig for free, keep what you find for first 2 days (mine personnel must be present). Guaranteed to find reds, greens, dichroic, schiller, clubs welcome. Bring screens and hand tools. Dry camping available. Chris Rose, High Desert Gems and Minerals.

PENNSYLVANIA
Crystal Point Diamond Mines, PA's Ultimate Crystal Mine
1307 Park Avenue
Williamsport, PA 17701
Ph. (570) 323-6783 Fax (570) 321-7374
Email: rpsmith@csrlink.net
Website: www.Raytowneinc.com
The owner guarantees if you're not afraid to work, you won't be disappointed with a 2.5 gallon bucket of quality crystals or clusters. For the lazy man or woman, dig in the tailings for the same results. Open April-October, by appointment only. Kids welcome, with close adult supervision. Ray Smith, owner/operator. $40 adults. $20 kids under 12.

UTAH
U-Dig Fossils
350 E. 300 S.
Delta, UT 84624
Ph. (435) 864-3638; Fax (435) 864-4294
E-mail: udig@xmission.com
Website: www.u-digfossils.com
U-Dig Fossils provides you 40 acres of the best trilobite collecting property in the world. This is an affordable experience for fossil enthusiasts and families alike. Season, April 1st thru October 15th.

VIRGINIA
Morefield Mine
13400 Butler's Rd.
Amelia, VA 23002
Ph. (804) 561-3399; Fax (804) 561-4799
75th Anniversary of active mining, world-famous for (gem amazonite. Spring/Fall season Tues. - Fri. Reservation only. Sat. open to public 9:30AM - 4:30PM. Summer season open to public Wed. - Sat. 9:30AM - 4:30PM. Family Fun, 70 different minerals, abundant microcrystals. See Morefield Mine exhibit at Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. For more information search google.com/moreinfo.

Virginia City & Gem Mine
Hwy. 52N
Big Walker Mountain National Forest Scenic Byway
PO Box 542
Wytheville, VA 24382
Ph. (276) 223-1873
Email: info@vacity.com
Website: www.vacity.com
Explore Virginia City! 10am-6pm, April 15-October 1800's boomtown, worldwide Gemstones & Gold, sluice mine. Discover rubies, amethyst, peridot, topaz, amazonite, crystal quartz, iolite, moonstone, opal & many more. Gem buckets $7.50, $10, $25 & $50, Gold Panning $10 & $50. Equipment, instruction & Gem ID provided. Gem Stores & growing museum.

WYOMING
Ulrich's Fossil Gallery
Fossil Station #308
Kemmerer, WY 83101
Ph. (307) 877-6466; Fax (307) 877-3289
E-mail: csulrich@onewest.com
Website: www.ulrichsfossilgallery.com
Participate in quarrying 60 million year old fossil fish from the Green River Shales, southwestern Wyoming. All tools, transportation and guides to quarry site provided. Participants allowed an allotted number of the more common kinds of fish. Rare material retained by State. Reservations required - June thru September. Brochure available.

Warfield Fossils, Inc.
2072 S. Muddy String Rd.
Thayne, WY 83127
Ph. 307-883-2445
E-mail: warfosq@silverstar.com
Website: www.fossilsafari.com
A truly unique adventure into the backcountry of Southwest Wyoming, where you, your family & your group of colleagues can experience the excitment of uncovering Fossil Fish that have been hidden for over 50 million years. Competetive rates and rules. We provide the tools! Open late May through September.