$5.00 panning fee for all day for DMC Field Trip Committee member clubs
Children allowed.
Small pets on a leash are allowed. 
Ample parking, bathroom facilities on grounds
Camping available. Food two miles away.
Complete line of prospecting equipment available at the on site store.

  There are static mining displays and a small gift store/Office. 
  Panning material is  brought to you from the creek.
Contact list:
                          E-mail: jnaney@blueridge.net. 
                   Web page: www.HuntForGold.com.
                        Thermal City Gold Mine

Bring your own equipment or rent/purchase on site. 

Camping  facilities    Please no drugs or alcohol, or firearms 
Campground on-site  ...offering riverside camping, hot showers, a place to
pan, sluice, dredge and  detect.
rates are:
Primitive................................ $ 7.00 per  night
Power (Limited)....................$10.00 per night
For reservations  call: (828) 286-3016. 

Time to meet:  9 AM, Saturday, 20 July 2002
Thermal City Gold Mine, 5240 U S 221, Union Mills, NC 28167

Directions to the mine:  From I-40, take Hwy. 221(Marion, N. C. to Forrest City, N. C. hwy.) south 9 miles.  The mine located on the left across from the Thermal City sign.  Address: 5240 U S 221,Union Mills, N. C. 28167 
or
from I-85 at Spartanburg, S. C. take 221 N. through Rutherfordton, N. C. then 12 miles on right, across from the Thermal City sign.  Polly Sprout Road is directly across the hwy from sign.  Mine is at the Rutherfordton- McDowell County Line.