This company is so professional and helpful! I have been to other places like this that had only 1 employee (that was not helpful) and didn't even carry half sizes of ring settings, or I would have had a stone mounted. My family came to visit from out of state and we chose Foggy Mountain. As soon as we walked in the door I knew we would have fun there! Lots of very helpful employees, clean, and cheerful. We had a great time and bought several pieces of jewelry with help from a very knowledgeable young lady! Definitely the place to choose when wanting to mine!

The tourist attraction was surprising fun for my entire family which included 2 teenagers. We were given a small discount on our $40 bucket for being in the military, which was a nice gesture. We learned a lot about gemstones after we found our stones from the bucket. We also ordered 2 pieces of jewelry from our findings. The price was quite high for the jewelry compared to what downtown Boone sold in their shops(sterling plus gemstones). I paid the high price bc it was a fun memory for my girls and they will always have that piece of jewelry to remember our trip by.

We just recently visited Boone with our kids and this was the one thing my daughter really wanted to do on vacation. We researched different places to go gem mining and we are so glad we chose Foggy Mountain! We bought one 5 gallon bucket for our four children to share and it was plenty to go around - even the grown-ups got to find a few gems! The facility was great and we found so many gemstones! After we finished looking through the bucket, the employees took an extra 45 minutes to go through each of our kids' findings in detail, laying each stone out and taking about each one. We even got to choose one stone to send out to have cut and polished for free! It was so much fun and we learned so much. It was one of the highlights of the trip! Well worth the time and cost! Thank you Foggy Mountain Gem Mine!