Mogoke is a celebrated town as the ruby-land of Myanmar either in Myanmar or the international community. It is 128 miles from Mandalay, the second capital city of Myanmar.The ruby-land is in the centre of four mountain namely 5 thousand 955 feet high Myomin taung in the east,7 thousand 544 feet high Taungme taung in the north-east, 5 thousand 277 feet high Daw Nan Keeh taung and 5 thousand 354 feet high Pingu taung in the west. Hence the existence of Mogoke looks like an oven. There are green and lush forests around the town as there is wet weather.
Mogoke is a town where mixed national races of Shan, Palaung and Lisu are mainly residing in harmony. Gems mining and selling is their pivotal industry while some other local people work on farms. It is said that the land of Mogoke existed about 1-thousand million years ago where human beings had been living in pre-historic era. Geologists estimate that the rock layer of Mogoke is one of the most natural rock layers of Myanmar.
Mogoke attracts public fascination for its precious gems-rubies, sapphires and balas rubies-as well as its significant natural panoramic view of existence.Mogoke was once abundance in precious stones. It is said that gems could be discovered if someone merely pulls off a turf of grass. At present day gems are extracted through traditional methods of digging by hand and mining by machinery equipment in respective gem tracts.
Although various precious stones are extracted from Mogoke gems-land, rubies, sapphires, quartz, peridot and tourmaline are well known as marketable gems.In the gems industry of Mogoke, Hla Pwes or gem markets play vital role in selling and purchasing the stones. Gemscutting is also an industry in Mogoke. Cutting of raw stones and polishing of them is carried out by skillful hands for saleable of the gems.
There is another industry in Mogoke-that is production of stone mosaic pictures with colourful less- valuable stones.Mogoke is not only fascinating for its gems in abundance but also for the prevalence of stability and tranquility under which the mixed national races are living together in unity.