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43 Susan Anderson
suzieswoop@bellsouth.net
Location: Kingston,TN
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| Oh what a time we had playing in the dirt. I plan to come back next year. Rockhounding is in my blood and the area is so pretty. |
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42 amy bruner
amykb4@hotmail.com
Location: knoxville tn
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| Friday 30 Oct 2009 14:42:02 EDT |
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Also, wanted to say that we had a great time. Quite the challenge to look for gems in their natural state, thanks Maria for sharing your wisdom!  |
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41 amy bruner
amykb4@hotmail.com
Location: knoxville tn
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| Friday 30 Oct 2009 14:37:04 EDT |
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I think you may want to look on the other side of the trough for a pottery shard ( down from Maria's canopy about 10 or twelve feet). Two pieces actually, because when I picked it up, it broke in half-it was a rather large piece. I didn't think it was much of anything, but it has been on my mind since I returned home-I regret discarding it without checking with Maria to see what it was. Hope you read these entries!  |
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40 C. Brown
thunderforgeblacksmith@yahoo.com
Location: Belding Mich
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| Saturday 10 Oct 2009 21:50:14 EDT |
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Hello.
I am looking for Effie or her children. I have a couple of photo's I would like to share with them. in the pic are Joe, Jodie, Mac, Effie, Travis and a few more. I use to live next to them in S. Miami 35 yrs ago. I also have some personal info for Effie about my mothers health.
Thank you for your time,
Chuck Brown |
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39 The Delloma's
Location: Dayton Ohio
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| Monday 17 Aug 2009 22:43:50 EDT |
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 Just wanted to thank you for the great time. The folks at the mine are great, my kids 10 and 14 had such a great time. The patience shown by Maria, she is such a sweetie. Both her ad her son took great care in making sure nothing was left un-found. My kids cant wait to come back next year with their grandparents. |
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38 TracyMoore/TerryHelm
see.tnt@verizon.net
Location: Bradenton FL
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| Saturday 25 Jul 2009 20:53:20 EDT |
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| We wanted to thank you for the wonderful time.We found the 84ct sapphire and the 115ct sillimanite.Maria tell your son he was right when he said he thought the sapphire would star.We can't wait til next time. Tracy and Terry |
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37 Conrad and Sherry Hayes
Location: Ithaca, Mi.
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| Tuesday 7 Jul 2009 07:08:31 EDT |
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| We wanted to find a place that was as natural and real as possible to go mining for gems for our two girls. This was it. I highly recommend Cherokee Ruby and Sapphire Mine as a family activity. Excellent service and the people were very helpful and friendly. Thank you for making our family vacation even more enjoyable. |
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36 Merritt&Dora
Location: Pennsylvania
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| Tuesday 30 Jun 2009 16:45:24 EDT |
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Cost of admission: seven dollars.
Bucket of dirt: two dollars and fifty cents.
Playing in the dirt all day with the family:priceless!
Absolutly the most fun we've had. Would reccommend this to everyone! |
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35 Terry, Kathy, Bailey, Aariona
tblazek@new.rr.com
Location: Green Bay, WI
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| Monday 22 Jun 2009 21:44:25 EDT |
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| We had a wonderful time. The hospitality and helpfulness of the Montoya family really made it a great family vacation. We did also find a number of gems and had a great time doing it. Thank you. |
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34 Sue & Judy
sue.albright@bellsouth.net
http://jbjams.com
Location: Gainesville GA
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| Tuesday 9 Jun 2009 16:15:16 EDT |
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 We had a blast on our April 2009 birthday trip! The folks at the mine were so very helpful and kind! This was my first ever gem mining experience and I still rank it first. I researched and decided that "native" is the way to go. Anyone can put FAKE stuff in the buckets! Only here will you have the joy of gems that REALLY came right out of their ground! I recommend it to everyone for a relaxing, back to nature, experience! |
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33 Tommy Bryson
tommy.bryson@btinternet.com
Location: Dalgety Bay, Scotland
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| Tuesday 9 Jun 2009 14:21:20 EDT |
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Paul, Barbara, Eleanor & Tommy would like to thank you all, especially "Mom", for the great day we had on May 5th, at the mine. Bob Dinnes at Cowlee lapidary has just sent us the Sapphire pendants, made with those Paul and Eleanor found, they are beautiful, pass on our thanks to Bob. This was the celebration of all of our Ruby Weddings, coming all the way from Scotland to spend the day with you. Your help Mom in helping us identify the stones!! was greatly appreciated, you are a real "gem"!! Thanks also to your "boys" for the friendship and showing us the actual mine, we had a great week in North Carolina, such friendly people, many thanks once again for a great day in the Cowlee Valley
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32 paul & heather craff
Location: iowa
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| Wednesday 22 Apr 2009 15:19:08 EDT |
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we would like to thank you for your helpfulness with our mining adventure. we both had fun looking for gems there. even tho i didn't have much luck in finding any big finds, heather's finds of 2 pottery shards just made her day all worth of going there. i just didn't grab the right buckets cause the guy next to us found some awesome rubies and sapphires.
i do recommend anyone who wants to work for there treasures and don't mind the time and effort of doing so to go. but if you want fast finds and no effort you better seek some where else cause this is untainted ore.
thanks again, paul craff |
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31 Joe Reynolds
jwrynlds@yahoo.com
Location: Woodstock, GA
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| Thursday 9 Apr 2009 07:45:26 EDT |
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Marie, just can't wait to get back this year.
Joe and Hughlene |
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30 Rebecca
rebecca@pakasdollmaker.com
http://pakasdollmaker.com
Location: Auburn, AL
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| Monday 6 Apr 2009 23:01:59 EDT |
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Made my first trip up of the season last weekend, and looking forward to many more... as always, Cherokee is the BEST!!  Thanks again for everything! |
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29 Jim
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| Wednesday 1 Apr 2009 11:38:30 EDT |
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I take it they aren't open? It's the 1st but no answer on the telephone. |
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28 Linda Crompton
cromptoncreations@yahoo.com
http://www.cromptoncreations.net
Location: PA
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| Monday 9 Mar 2009 16:26:56 EDT |
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| Can't wait to see what I can find and see the area. |
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27 Marci
marci.Sharp@yahoo.com
Location: Charlotte,NC
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| Sunday 22 Feb 2009 09:04:43 EST |
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I will be there opening day  |
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26 Adam
iseeawl@cox.net
Location: Oklahoma City
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| Sunday 15 Feb 2009 18:40:04 EST |
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| I look forward to going to the mine this May 2009, I am researching a vacation package for the area right now and have just read thru this site and am very excited to go. |
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25 CJ Driskill
cj_rn@hotmail.com
Location: Seneca, Missouri
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| Wednesday 11 Feb 2009 16:14:00 EST |
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| I can't wait to come this summer! Could you tell me when the pow wow is in North Carolina? |
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24 Allan Lay
allanlay@hotmail.com
Location: Corbin, Ky
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| Friday 7 Nov 2008 02:25:09 EST |
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| I just wanted to say hello to whomever is running the mine now. I am a former patron of the mine of many years standing. Is Effie still associated with the mine? I became friends with her and her family, and feel they are part of my family. I'm unable to visit the mine now because I am disabled. But I would love to hear from any of the people I used to chat with there. |
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