点评:This was a great excursion while visiting the beautiful ADK region. You will stop in at the gift shop and pay $10-15/person to get escorted to the mine area. You will follow in your own vehicle and have access to anything you need from your car while you are there. You will pay a $5 deposit to use their small hand shovels and strainers, which you will get back after you turn them in. The tour guides will ask everyone to exit their cars and gather around for a 5 minute talk about the mine, garnet, and the rules. You are then let loose to wander the area, dig up stones, and pan them in the water ponds. The beautiful stones and gems are all around. You will find tons of tiny ones and some larger rocks with red garnet patches. You pay for what you keep. We took home a lot for about $5. My entire family loved it. We were playing in the stones and water for about an hour. I brought some foam kneeling pads to use, and I was glad I did! The ground is rough/sharp. We put the gems in a rock tumbler when we got home! The workers at the gift shop gave me some good advice on how to polish them.
翻译:这是一次很棒的游览,游览了美丽的 ADK 地区。您将在礼品店停留并支付 10-15 美元/人的费用,即可获得陪同前往矿区。您将驾驶自己的车辆跟随,并在矿区期间可以使用车上的任何东西。您将支付 5 美元的押金以使用他们的小铲子和过滤器,交还后您将取回。导游将要求每个人下车并聚在一起,进行 5 分钟的矿山、石榴石和规则介绍。然后,您可以自由地在该地区漫步,挖出石头,并将它们放入水池中淘洗。美丽的石头和宝石随处可见。您会发现很多小石头和一些带有红色石榴石斑块的大石头。您支付的费用取决于您保留的东西。我们花了大约 5 美元带回家了很多东西。我全家都喜欢它。我们在石头和水中玩了大约一个小时。我带了一些泡沫跪垫,我很高兴我这么做了!地面粗糙/锋利。回家后,我们把宝石放进了抛光机!礼品店的工作人员给了我一些关于如何抛光宝石的好建议。