The Crisson Gold Mine dating back to 1847 is open
for tours and gold panning.
Located 2 1/2 miles north of town on US Highway 19 Connector. This
operating 10-stamp mill is demonstrated as part of the Crisson Gold Mine Tour.
Pan for gold or try you luck at gem grubbin, where you can find rubies,
emeralds, garnets, and more! Great fun for the kids, you and old. Open every
day except Christmas. For more information call 706 864-6363. www.CrissonGoldMine.com
Crisson Gold Mine is an actual open pit gold mine that was established in 1847
and was worked commercially until the early 1980s. We've been open to the public
since 1969 and we are the oldest gold mining establishment in North
Georgia.
At Crisson Gold Mine, there is a 125-year-old stamp mill that is
still used to crush quartz rock which contains gold. This crushed rock is called
ore. In addition to the stamp mill, we have rod mills and jaw crushers that we
occasionally use. All of these antique gold mining machines along with our open
pit mine can be seen when you visit our gold mine.
We sell our ore by the
5-gallon bucket. You can pan for the gold at our gold mine, or you can take the
ore home with you.
For our more serious gold miners, we have trommels for
your use during your visit to Crisson Gold Mine. These machines are used to
separate the gold from the sand at a much more efficient pace. Several buckets
of ore can be finished in less than half the time it takes to pan them out. The
use of the trommel is free when you purchase six (6) buckets of ore. This is a
great mining experience.
In addition to our fresh crushed ore, we also
sell "high grade" concentrated gold ore. This is probably the easiest way to
find gold because you find a lot of gold with very little effort. We have a
15-gallon to one concentrate, a 30-gallon to one concentrate, and a 75-gallon to
one concentrate. The high grade gold ore can be shipped to you. Please call for
current prices and shipping charges.
Crisson Gold Mine also has Gem Stone
grubbing. You can find rubies, emeralds, sapphires, crystals, amethysts,
garnets, and many more. This dirt is from Franklin, North Carolina which is
famous for its rubies and sapphires. There have been some very good quality gems
found at our gold mine and some customers have taken them to be made into
jewelry.
"Thars still Gold in them thar
hills!!"
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