Fee Mining and Digging for Gems, Minerals, Gold, Crystals

Fee mining sites are places where you can pay a fee to dig for rocks, minerals, gold or gemstones and keep whatever you find. There are many places in the United States where you can pan for gold and have a reasonable chance of finding some. There are also places where you can find ruby, sapphire, opal and many other gemstones.

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Gem Mining near Asheville, North Carolina

If you'd like digging for your own crystals, Rockhounding Arkansas has a handy list of fee-pay quartz mines wit…