Trisch Axsmith Tavolette / Sunday, January 19, 2020 / Categories: Activities, Camping 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 Previous Article Making Rope Next Article Broom Ball Print 3484 Rate this article: No rating Scouting TypeFamily ScoutingScoutingVenturingSea Scouts More links Herkimer Diamond Mine Ace of Diamond Mine Trisch Axsmith TavoletteTrisch Axsmith Tavolette Other posts by Trisch Axsmith Tavolette Contact author 1 comments on article "Mining for Diamonds" 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. 1/19/2020 11:14 PM Please login or register to post comments.
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. 1/19/2020 11:14 PM