Old Cardinal Gem Mine

Digging The Old Cardinal Gem Mine, Southwestern NC

You have a very good chance of finding a beautiful Cowee Valley stones or even a jewelry quality gem here if you what to look for. The friendly knowledgable staff provide you with marked bags of all ...

Great Time at Old Cardinal

We had such a good time gem mining at the old cardinal gem mine. Isiah was so helpful in making sure we had everything we needed and then helping identify and separate our gemstones. We thoroughly enj...

We will always return to the Gem Mine when we’re in the area

Such a cool little rustic gem, mine, great people and good findings. We had a fantastic time while we were there, Darcel, Charles, Isaiah, and Morgen were very helpful and really know their stones. Th...

So much fun!

We found this place as we were passing by and so glad we did! The staff were friendly and knowledgeable. We had so much fun and can’t wait to do it again!

Great place to visit for family !

We had a great time ,kids really enjoyed it , host Isaiah was amazing identifying the gems for us . They had buckets for the kids as low as $10 . Great day , great people would definitely visit again ...