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Aug 29, 2014· North Carolina State held the distinction as having the first documented gold discovery in the United States. It dated back to 1799 when a young boy named Conrad Reed found a 17-pound gold nugget along the banks of Little Meadow Creek. Although it went unidentified for several years, eventually it was determined to be gold, [.]
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Gold-bearing quartz veins were found on Reed's property, and underground mining began in 1831. North Carolina was the leading gold-producing state until 1848 when the California Gold Rush began. Production in North Carolina gradually decreased until the early 1900s, when almost all of the mines had closed.
North Carolina Gold Deposits
The first information on gold production in North Carolina was in 1799, when a 17-pound nugget was found on the Reed plantation in Cabarrus County. This discovery and others on the Reed property stimulated interest in gold mining in the Southeastern States, and by 1825 mining was in .
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Gold mining deposit report for "Deposit #Usgs10055337" (#USGS10055337) in Transylvania County, North Carolina.
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Gold Mining in North Carolina by B. C. Nitze and H. A. J. Wilkens, 1897, North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey Bulletin No. 10, p. 191-192 A suggested volcanigenic origin for certain gold deposits in the Slate Belt of the North Carolina Piedmont by J. E. Worthington and I. T. Kiff, 1970, Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society ...
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Transylvania County North Carolina. MINES: Fairfield Valley placers - was most active in the 1800s, total production between 10,000 and 15,000 gold ozs.. The Fairfield Valley placers are in southern Transylvania County, in the northern drainage area of the Toxaway River. This area has been only briefly discussed in the published literature.
North Carolina Gemstones: ruby, sapphire, emeralds and gold
Gold-bearing quartz veins were found on Reed's property, and underground mining began in 1831. North Carolina was the leading gold-producing state until 1848 when the California Gold Rush began. Production in North Carolina gradually decreased until the early 1900s, when almost all of the mines had closed.
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Gold. Precious metal found as grains and nuggets in the middle and western counties. With the first authenticated discovery in 1799 in Cabarrus County (followed by finds in Stanly, Union, Davidson, Guilford, and Randolph Counties), North Carolina produced the nation's gold supply from 1803 to 1848. Mining continued up to 1971, although little ...
Looking for Gold in Unlikely Places
A definite place to go is the Fairfield Valley placers in southern Transylvania County in the northern drainage area of the Toxaway River. Also search Georgetown Creek. One tributary creek alone yielded 15,000 ounces. Union County is a gold-bearing region of North Carolina where gold was discovered in .
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Gold from North Carolina was used to mint the first gold coins, and the largest emerald, weighing over 1,600 carats, was found here as well. Gem mining is a great family activity, and no reservations are needed. Moreover, the mining is done indoors, so inclement weather needn't keep you away.
North Carolina Gold Prospecting and Gold Panning
GOLD LOCATIONS, Gold Panning and Prospecting in North Carolina . GOLD Gold 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 country's first gold rush.
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An indispensable source for the historical background of gold in North Carolina is Gold Mining in North Carolina: A Bicentennial History, by Richard F. Knapp and Brent D. Glass. The book can be ordered from the Historical Publications Section, 4622 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-4622, or call (919) 733-7442.
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North Carolina led the nation in gold production for 50 years, between the discovery of a 17-pound (7.7 kg) gold nugget at the Reed Gold Mine in Cabarrus County, NC near Charlotte in 1799 and the discovery of gold during the California Gold Rush of 1849. Limited gold mining continues to take place, but several mining companies continue to ...
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Jan 16, 2020· The Barringer Gold Mine signaled the beginning of lode mining in North Carolina, which led to a larger gold rush into the state. North Carolina led the nation in gold production until the California Gold Rush of 1849. The majority of the gold deposits and the most productive gold mines in North Carolina were located in the gold-bearing ...
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Dec 31, 2009· Re: Gold panning/sluicing in NC!!! goodguy, are you from the area? just asking because i just bought 5 acres in transylvania co. n.c. havent had time to see if creek on lot has any gold in it. Dec 30, 2009, 04:05 PM #14
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Jun 01, 2013· There were so many people looking for gold in North Carolina during the 1820s that the state legislature appointed a UNC geologist to survey and locate the state's gold-producing areas. Chief among them was McDowell County, which would become the center of the North Carolina gold rush.
