点评:I've wanted to go here for about 15 years and if you visit and understand that you are going to bake in the sun all day, play in the dirt and not find much you won't be disappointed. If you go thinking that you are going to find a 5 carat diamond and then you don't, you won't have the best time.
There isn't much shade, and the Arkansas sun is stronger than it is back in PA. The rental equipment is mediocre, and the wagon is so unstable that with the uneven terrain, it will likely tip over.
With that being said, the instructions by the staff on how to mine were beneficial, and I tried all three methods with surface mining and wet sifting being my preferred methods.
I did find several pieces of Jasper in various colors that I brought home for the kids to use as "worry stones," and I did find a piece of amethyst that was a beautiful surprise.
This is a place that we will come back to and bring the kids.
翻译:我已经想来这里大约15年了,如果你来这里参观,并且明白自己要整天在烈日下暴晒,在泥土里玩耍,却什么也找不到,你就不会失望。如果你以为能找到一颗5克拉的钻石,结果却一无所获,那你可就玩得不尽兴了。
这里阴凉处不多,而且阿肯色州的阳光比宾夕法尼亚州的还要强烈。租赁设备也很一般,而且矿车很不稳定,在崎岖不平的地形下很容易翻倒。
不过,工作人员提供的采矿指导还是很有帮助的,我尝试了三种方法,其中露天采矿和湿筛是我的首选。
我确实找到了几块不同颜色的碧玉,带回家给孩子们当“祈福石”,我还找到了一块紫水晶,真是个惊喜。
我们会再来这里,还会带孩子们来。