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Our mine, campground, and gift shop are CLOSED until further notice. Our online shop remains open.
Our mine, campground, and gift shop are CLOSED until further notice. Our online shop remains open.
Our mine, campground, and gift shop are CLOSED until further notice. Our online shop remains open.
Our mine, campground, and gift shop are CLOSED until further notice. Our online shop remains open.
Our mine, campground, and gift shop are CLOSED until further notice. Our online shop remains open.
Our mine, campground, and gift shop are CLOSED until further notice. Our online shop remains open.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
The Ace of Diamonds mine, campground, and gift shop are CLOSED until further notice due to an ongoing lawsuit among the current landowners. Although our physical location will remain closed this year, items in our online shop remain available for purchase.
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It is with a very heavy heart that we announce that the Ace of Diamonds Mine & Campground will NOT re-open its mine, campground, and gift shop in the spring due to relentless and ever mounting obstacles created by our adversaries. Although our opponents have made every effort to destroy the small family business tirelessly built by my parents Ted and Anita Smith, and my grandparents Don and Helen Smith before them, we do hope to re-open at some point in the future like a phoenix rising from ashes. However, it has become impossible for our physical location to re-open until this horrific litigation is permanently resolved. Our online store remains open.
For those of our customers and friends who stuck with us through thick and thin, and for those who have contributed to our GoFundMe, we cannot thank you enough for your endless support and generosity.
As we mourn the ending of an era and plan our next step, we ask that you keep us in your thoughts and prayers. Our GoFundMe will remain active while we continue to navigate the legal minefield seeking a positive outcome that will allow us to save the mine, resume operating, and keep my family’s dreams alive.
With love and gratitude,
-Anna Jane Smith
Ace of Diamonds Mine & Campground, LLC
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We have set up a GoFundMe due to the ongoing litigation involving the land on which our business operates. Thank you in advance for anyone who decides to share or donate.
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What are "Herkimer Diamonds"?
HERKIMER DIAMONDS are brilliant, water clear quartz crystals composed of silicon dioxide, hard enough to scratch glass. They are of a hexagonal structure and doubly terminated (points on both ends). Not only are they a prized mineral specimen, but metaphysically, they are also associated with dream work, enhanced creativity, healing, and facilitating meditation.
Where do "Herkimer Diamonds" form?
Dolomite limestone is the rock formation in which they are found. This rock was buried ages ago. Subsequently, surface water containing silicon seeped downward through the earth and was trapped in pockets or cavities in the dolomite rock. Under tremendous heat and pressure these crystals
were formed. Weathering and erosion by glaciers and water have exposed the strata in Middleville, New York. The crystals are found mostly in rock cavities (formed approximately 400 million years ago), but many are found in soil surrounding the weathered rocks.
Why are they called "Herkimer Diamonds"?
The name Herkimer Diamond came about because to the untrained eye, the sparkling crystals look like real diamonds. Since these unique crystals are found in Herkimer County, named after the Revolutionary War General Nicholas Herkimer, the crystals became known as "Herkimer Diamonds." Additionally, the Mohawk Indians, native to this area, are known as ” The People of the Crystals ”
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
The Ace of Diamonds mine, campground, and gift shop are CLOSED until further notice due to an ongoing lawsuit among the current landowners. It is expected that camping and mining will not be available at our facility for the entire 2025 season. Although our physical location will remain closed this year, items in our online store remain available for purchase.