So, his father "owning a share of an emerald mine in an african country" is apparently what consists of not owning an emerald mine? Also love the assertion that your family being wealthy could not possibly have helped you in later life. I would believe that to be mostly true, since Errol himself is not exactly fond of his son, but Elon also called the following "accurate":

"Errol said that Elon "once walked the streets of New York with emeralds in his pocket." His brother Kimbal was with him when the two brothers sold two of the gems to Tiffany & Co. for $2,000, according to their father."

The idea that $2000 from an african emerald doesn't help in america is laughable. For millions of americans, that would put food on the table, but for elon, that kind of support is why he could drop out of college and participate in the dot com boom to become very wealthy off of paypal.

Meanwhile your average american could not drop out of college in the 90s and become very wealthy, simply because they did not have the option of failing and going home if things went south. Having a rich family is a boon, even if they never send you a dime.

Because I’m tired of this dumbass rumor?

I like this game. Now the question is “why are you interested in people posting about emerald mines?”

So what? The person who is accused of owning the emerald mine says they owned the emerald mine. That's at least some evidence that its true.