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Mining for Diamonds

Mining for Diamonds
Trisch Axsmith Tavolette
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Mining for Diamonds

Give your Scouts the experience of mining for diamonds in Herkimer, NY

About 2 and a half hours east of Rochester hosts a place where Scouts of any age can go on a quest to 'Strike it rich' searching for diamonds.  Ok, so they won't likely strike it rich, but they can search for herkimer diamonds!

What are Herkimer Diamonds?

Herkimer Diamonds are beautiful double-terminated quartz crystals found in Herkimer, New York. Incredibly, these phenomenal gemstones are close to five hundred million years old. The crystals are magnificent works of nature, found in the rock, having a diamond-like geometrical shape. Thus, the name recognition of “Herkimer Diamonds”.

Where can your unit mine for diamonds?

There are two public mines just down the road from each other in Herkimer.  The Ace of Diamonds Mine and Herkimer Diamond Mine.  Each of these locations offer a place to dig for diamonds. 

Ace of Diamonds

Address
84 Herkimer Street
Middleville, NY 13406

Phone
(315) 891-3855

Hours
Seven(7) days a week: 9:00AM–5:00PM
From April 1st–October 31st
 

Herkimer Diamond Mine

Miners’ Village
Village Hall, Trading Post & Prospecting Area
4601 State Route 28
Herkimer, NY 13350

Phone
315.717.0175

EMail
diamonds@ntcnet.com

Hours
Open 9:00 am - 5:00 pm daily
April 15th - November 1st
 

Bring equipment with you or rent it from the mine.  Grab a big hammer and start breaking open rocks and discover the joy of finding one of these diamonds that were made over '500 million years ago' as they claim.  Anything you find, you are able to take home.

 

This share is from Scoutmaster Trisch Axsmith Tavolette, Troop 2019, Fairport, NY

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David Madison

Troop 167 visited the Ace of Diamonds mine during our April campout in 2012. The scouts did enjoy the mining after they started finding diamonds.

We went on a long weekend trip where we visited the Ace Diamond Mine in Herkimer, Cooperstown and Howe Caverns.

We stayed at BSA Camp Henderson, which is about an hour to the south which was a great base camp to hit each of these destinations.

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