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« on: January 25, 2007, 12:49:46 pm »
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"Companies hire him to give motivational speeches. Letters addressed, {quot}The Emerald Man, Hiddenite, N.C.,{quot} find their way to his mailbox. Strange women ask him to marry them, sending him pictures of themselves in bikinis and wielding pickaxes."  Grin

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Posted on Wed, Jan. 24, 2007

Emerald miner may be as rare as his gems
HANNAH MITCHELL
Staff Writer
Editor's Note: This article ran in the Observer in December, 2003.

Jamie Hill is talking again about the emeralds he finds in the bedrock of this tiny town. Puffing on one of the Kools he smokes almost continuously, he tells his story the way only Hill can.

A thin hand drawn quickly through his tousled hair, he begins a long stream of consciousness that is hard to follow. The tangents are many, and Hill salts his monologue with fantastic claims and cliches: Hiddenite is a treasure chest, and he's found Aladdin's cave.

{quot}I say it's a giant oven in the earth,{quot} Hill says between puffs, referring to the pocket of crystals he and his assistants discovered beneath Hiddenite's gray gneiss rock. On Dec. 10 Hill pulled out an emerald crystal that could be the largest ever found in North America. . . . . .

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« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2007, 01:41:54 pm »
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Strange women ask him to marry them, sending him pictures of themselves in bikinis and wielding pickaxes."  Grin


I WISH I HAD A GIG LIKE GAT Grin


STRANGE WOMAN IN BIKINI & AXES~ NICE! Grin
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« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2007, 02:07:24 pm »
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NICE STORY THANKS

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« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2007, 02:15:41 am »
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Great article.  Thanks for sharing.

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« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2007, 12:09:34 pm »
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I'm hopping t get up to Hiddenite, N.C week after next. Taking a few days off and doing some panning and a side trip to look for emeralds.

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« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2007, 10:13:05 pm »
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Hi & welcome to the forum. I certainly hope you find some emeralds. Never know what you'll discover - enjoy the adventure!

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Good luck with the trip.  Hope you make many nice finds.

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