![]() ![]() Ginger has an eye for design and Tom cuts and finishes the stone to perfection. Tom and Ginger always have knowledgeable employees at the mine to help you know what to look for! They sort your rocks and tell you what’s good, pretty or just leaverite (leave it right on the ground). ![]() When we first started mining, we checked out several mines. In addition to Rhodolite garnets, named for the native Rhododendron that grows across the mountains, the property has six other minerals – Corundum, which is Ruby and Sapphire, Kyanite, Moonstone, Smokey Quartz, Garnet, and Cordierite (a form of Iolite).Īt Mason Mountain Mine customers become friends and friends become family! The family mining tradition has remained making the mine a popular gathering site for families and miners from all over the world who come to Macon County still searching for gems. Today, the mine is still in the family with Tom and his wife, Ginger, continuing the family’s legacy of opening the mine, now known as Cowee Gift Shop and Mason Mountain Mine. ![]() The mine was a well-known treasure to the county’s earliest inhabitants and in 1965, when Tom Johnson was just six months old, his father purchased the mine. In the late 1800’s, a mine was discovered in northern Macon County that was rich in Rhodolite garnets and six other minerals. ![]()
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