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During the 19th century gold was discovered in a third of North Carolinas 100 counties with 345 mines open at one point according to state records although other sources place the number at more than 600 during the peak years when gold mining trailed only farming as North Carolinas biggest industry
Read MoreHi Robin the closest location to Rocky Mount that I know about is the Cotton Patch Gold Mine in New London. Its about 150 miles from Rocky Mount. Its about 150 miles from Rocky Mount. You can find their info by clicking on the links
Read MoreIt is 15 miles from the North Carolina border and a mere 25 minutes south of Charlotte North Carolina. York County has more than 50 gold mines. Most of these mines are near the towns of Smyrna and Hickory Grove. Rock Hill which is the largest city in this county is also a common location to find gold
Read More2004-1-17The Great North Carolina Gold Rush From 1804 to 1828 all domestic gold coined by the United States Mint came from North Carolina.During that time thousands of foreign immigrants poured into the Piedmont area. North Carolina was known as the Golden State.1Gold mining was once second only to agriculture as North Carolina s most important industry. . It started in 1799 with the
Read More2007-8-29at the J. D. Twitty Gold Placer Mine Rutherford County in 1845. This was an octahedron with a yellowish tinge weighing 1 carats. Two diamonds have been found in Eastern North Carolina in the gravels from the Portis Gold Mine in Franklin County. In several instances supposed diamonds have turned out to be transparent colorless ircons
Read More2014-4-7The gold bearing regions of South Carolina are similar in origin to those of the Slate Belt in North Carolina. There are very many streams creeks benches and terraces throughout the belt that produce placer gold. There are many regional mines in northwest South Carolina which are probable sources of the placer gold
Read More2006-6-16The gold mines of North Carolina have lately excited much interest and with those of other southern States are becoming an object of national importance. The number of persons engaged in mining operations in the whole of the gold district is estimated at upwards of 20000 the weekly product of all the mines is supposed to be 100000 or
Read MoreGold occurs in North Carolina in both lode veins or mineralied ones and placer stream sediment or residual deposits. Although deposits were mined in both the Piedmont and Mountain regions most of the early production was in the central Piedmont particularly in the Carolina slate belt and in
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Read More2011-10-15There are hundreds of old gold mines all over North Carolina Taylor said. When the gold rush in California came in in the 1840s the experienced miners were here in North Carolina so
Read More2020-6-4Ground Collapse Old mines and prospects and sinkholes North Carolina has a rich history of mining for gold and other precious metals. Many of these historic locations have underground workings or locations with poor compaction or fill
Read MoreNORTH CAROLINA. North Carolina which has produced more gold than any of the other Southeastern States has many gold mines arranged in ones within two physiographic provinces--the Piedmont and the Blue Ridge. Most of the deposits and the most productive mines are in the Piedmont province in Mecklenburg Rowan Cabarrus and Davidson Counties
Read MoreThe majority of the gold deposits and the most productive gold mines in North Carolina were located in the gold-bearing Carolina Belt. The Carolina slate belt located in the central Piedmont includes Mecklenburg Cabarrus Rowan Davidson Guilford Stanly Montgomery Randolph Moore and
Read MoreHistorians claim the opening of Barringer Gold Mine was a watershed event. Formerly one of the most important gold mines in 1800s North Carolina the Barringer Gold Mine is remembered now mostly for being the first gold mine in the Southern Piedmont to use
Read MoreGold was first discovered in Cabarrus County around 1800. This discovery of a 17 pound gold nugget by a twelve year old in Little Meadow Creek prompted the countrys first gold rush. Most of North Carolinas gold deposits were subsequently discovered in Stanley Mecklenburg Union Gaston Rowan Davidson and Randolph counties. Placer Deposits
Read More2019-11-28The discovery of a 17-pound gold nugget in Cabarrus County NC in 1799 marks the beginning the North Carolina Gold Rush. Twelve-year-old Conrad Reed found the treasure in the waters of Little Meadow Creek and took it home where it was used as a doorstop for three years
Read MoreThe Little River is another great place to search for placer gold. In the northern end of the county there were several gold mines. Among these sites were Bright Bunnell Mountain Deep Flat Dry Hollow Dutchmans Creek Island Creek and Pear Tree Hill and many others that played an integral part in North Carolinas mining history
Read MoreThe first documented discovery of gold in the U.S. was in North Carolina at the Reed Gold Mine. A 12-year old boy named Conrad Reed found a 17-pound gold nugget in Little Meadow Creek. The North Carolina Gold Rush began after the nugget was identified by a local jeweler and soon miners were prospecting the hills throughout the state for gold
Read More2020-6-5The Reed Gold Mine in Cabarrus County North Carolina is the site of the first documented gold find in the United States. It would lead to the first gold rush a half-century before the major Western rushes began. Prior to this first find the Spaniards had vainly sought large gold deposits in the southern Appalachian Mountains and the English colonists searched to no avail for reported
Read MoreNorth Carolina Gold Mining Today . There is very limited gold mining taking place in North Carolina today and most of the big gold nuggets that were discovered in North Carolina were found over 200 years ago. Most of the established gold mines have been depleted of most of their gold long ago
Read MoreCabarrus County NC Gold mines mine companies mine owners and mine information. US-Mining provides information on mines operators and minerals mined in Cabarrus County NC
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