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    Beaver's Bend Mining Company

    4.0 (32 reviews)
    Closed 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Laura S.

    Fun activity for kids!! Definitely recommend. Probably best for ages 5 to 10. Our son is very interested in rocks and stones so this was fun for him. You buy a bag of gravel and rocks (I suggest the 10 lb one--it's a good size and worth the money). The kids get to pour the gravel into a sifter, wash it in a stream of running water, and look for semi-precious stones in the sifted tray. The yield on our 10 lb bag was good. Plenty of stones to find, lots of variety. It was a nice vacation activity and the stones make a good souvenir.

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    Roy Is Cool F.

    Very cool stop. Kids loved mining for gems . The wax hands making is great . Great stop for the kids .

    left- $63, Right- $35

    Overpriced, the Motherlode & Mega Strike are too similar for 1 to be $28 more! At a time in this economy where people are struggling to put food on the table they want to cheat you out of nearly $30 for the same things you would get if you bought the cheaper back for $35 I was not going to bring this to anyone's attention until it was time to get the wax hands and this is where I was greeted by someone as rude as a bear. I asked her when would be a good time to come back because she seemed very flustered. She snapped at me and basically told me it could take as long as it takes. So now I'm like wait what? I paid almost $100 for some gemstones that I didn't get and now you're being rude when I'm trying to get the waxed hands. The owner lied in his reply that I did not want to wait for wax hands. I did not want to continue dealing with a rude bear. We were reimbursed with 2bags of gems not 3. And you won't get a refund no matter how rude they are. This was on a Saturday March 16th 2024. We did come from out of state to do this activity with the children and the Beavers Bend Mining Company was a chaotic mess. From the miniature golf, to the mining, to the wax hands, Folks are traveling and spending good money to have a good time with the kids but I feel they are taking advantage of with this motherload and mega strike gemstone bags basically being the same bags but $30 more for the other. They are charging you $28 more for a Mega Strike but you will basically get the same things you got in the Motherload. BEWARE. BTW the owner was very patronizing continuing to say, yes ma'am, okay ma'am. When I brought it to his attention that I didn't think I received what was advertised, he took the large rock and said "I think any kid would love to find this rock

    Left bag $63 , 2 right $35

    Let's get the facts straight. This is a scam and I'll tell you why... They advertise a Motherlode/10 lb package for $34.99 which includes a large druzy amethyst. Then there's the Mega Strike/20 lb for $62.99 which includes a huge druzy amethyst and a large Crystal point. So you can pay $28 more for about 10lbs more which includes the huge amethyst & lg. Crystal. My pictures clearly show the difference between a $63 bag and a $35 bag. The $63 bag (left side) contained what I was told is a huge druzy amethyst (top left) and the large Crystal is in the bag with the other gems not of significant size compared to the other gems and stones. But as you can see the $35 bags (right) also have a pretty good size rock that does look like an amethyst and I would say it is large as advertised. Here's where the scam part comes in, $28 more is paid for what seems to be the same amount of gems and stones as a $35 bag but you are supposed to get a huge amethyst & large crystal as advertised. I received a large rock about the same size as the ones in the $35 bags but nothing close to huge. I was not going to bring this to anyone's attention until it was time to get the wax hands and this is where I was greeted by someone as rude as a bear. I asked her when would be a good time to come back because she seemed very flustered. She snapped at me and basically told me it could take as long as it takes. So now I'm like wait what? I paid almost $100 for some gemstones that I didn't get and now you're being rude when I'm trying to get the waxed hands. The owner lied in his reply that I did not want to wait for wax hands. I did not want to continue dealing with a rude bear. We were reimbursed with 2bags of gems not 3. And you won't get a refund no matter how rude they are. This was on a Saturday March 16th 2024. We did come from out of state to do this activity with the children and the Beavers Bend Mining Company was a chaotic mess. From the miniature golf, to the mining, to the wax hands, Folks are traveling and spending good money to have a good time with the kids but I feel they are taking advantage of with this motherload and mega strike gemstone bags basically being the same bags but $30 more for the other. They are charging you $28 more for a Mega Strike but you will basically get the same things you got in the Motherload. BEWARE. BTW the owner was very patronizing continuing to say, yes ma'am,  okay ma'am. When I brought it to his attention that I didn't think I received what was advertised, he took the large rock and said "I think any kid would love to find this rock " At a time in this economy where people are struggling to put food on the table they want to cheat you out of nearly $30 for the same things you would get if you bought the cheaper back for $35

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    April M.

    First off, if you can, go with the largest bag. Our son loved it! We did a little at a time as he played like he was a pirate and looked for treasure buried in the sand bag. It took us about 20-25 minutes to sift. We would've stayed longer but it looks like most of it was under construction at the time of our visit. I say if you or your child(ren) love rocks or to search for treasure or like sensory activities, this is a fun experience!

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    Kristina D.

    It was a fun experience for my sons (3 & 5) it is not an all day experience (especially on a hot day). We did the rock mining and pirate cove adventure playground. We stayed about 45 minutes. There are more options to take advantage of.

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    Allison W.

    The pan for gold experience and blacksmith demonstration were really fun. The kids enjoyed finding gemstones in the muddy stream and learning how to heat and mold iron from a real blacksmith.

    Working with the blacksmith.
    Heather Y.

    Cute place for the kids to have some fun. We really enjoyed the Blacksmith that is on the same property that works on tips only. My kids loved learning and being hand on making their mini swords.

    Pouring some of the bag in.
    Mary Louise D.

    This is a fun and educational activity for kids. It's also not terribly expensive, which is nice. The staff member who helped us was friendly and informative. She helped each child pick out which bag they wanted to mine. The choices of smaller bags were fossils, arrowheads, or gemstones and crystals. There's also a really big bag that was more expensive that contained some of each. My kiddos, ages 5 to 12, really enjoyed sifting small amounts of the silt in the water and discovering what was hidden inside. I would recommend it for kids ages 5 and up. My 3-year-old was more interested in putting his hands in the water and playing with the rocks than actually doing the activity.

    Phoebe S.

    My husband and I were looking for things to do in the area while on our small getaway and this was really fun and educational!! We got the motherlode and Karen was with us showing us great finds and talking about cool facts about what we were looking at! She is soooo sweet for helping us !! My husband and I had a blast and I would recommend this place to anyone, any age!!!

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    6 months ago

    Very friendly staff and a lot of activities to choose from. The kids (8 and 4) loved it!

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    Thank you for the review!!

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    Thank you for the kind words and great review

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    3 years ago

    Over priced for a bag of rocks and dirt. The employees were nice, but we were underwhelmed with the total experience.

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    5 years ago

    My girlfriend and I are in our 20s and thought this mining experience was awesome! Get to take it home with you too!

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    Slowly with anticipation I poured the remainder into the sifter to see what the fates had in-store for me.

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