The May issue of “Our
State” Magazine is out, and Emerald Village in Little Switzerland is featured
in two places! In an article about
Emerald (the official state gem of North Carolina), the author, Bryan Mims of
WRAL-TV in Raleigh, includes only one destination and writes:
“…So here I am, cruising
west on Interstate 40, passing signs (the color of emeralds!) with this town
name and that exit number, setting my prospects on a mine that has struck a
bonanza of tourist green. The place is Emerald Village — an enchanting, Oz-like name if ever there
was one — a few switchback curves away from Little Switzerland….Alan
Schabilion, the owner of Emerald Village (is) kind enough to show me around and
leads me to a small assortment of Emeralds from nearby Crabtree Mountain. Here,
and in Hiddenite…are the only places in the country where Emeralds have been
mined commercially. The ones I see are indeed green, and indeed beautiful…”
Later, in the “Out
and About” section of the magazine, the extraordinarily unique night time Black
Light Underground Mine Tours at Emerald Village are featured, beginning with
the first one of 2015 on May 23rd.
More information
can be found at www.emeraldvillage.com or on their Facebook
page. In a broad sense, Emerald Village in
Little Switzerland is North Carolina’s real Gem!
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