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  2. South Pass greenstone belt - Wikipedia

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    Carissa Gold Mine at South Pass City, Wyoming taken on 2011/06/28. Gold was discovered in the Lewiston district of the South Pass granite-greenstone belt in 1842 along the eastern margin of the complex. Other discoveries followed including the discovery of high-grade gold mineralization at the Carissa Mine along the western flank of the belt in ...

  3. Gold mining in the United States - Wikipedia

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    US annual gold production (1840–2012) In the United States, gold mining has taken place continually since the discovery of gold at the Reed farm in North Carolina in 1799. The first documented occurrence of gold was in Virginia in 1782. [1] Some minor gold production took place in North Carolina as early as 1793, but created no excitement.

  4. 11 Historical Photos That Prove Gold Prospecting Isn’t for ...

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    Tales of prospecting for gold may conjure up images of treasure hunters victoriously uncovering massive rocks of the valuable metal. In reality, prospecting was hard, back-breaking work, with days ...

  5. Jelm-Frank Smith Ranch Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Jelm-Frank Smith Ranch Historic District, also known as Old Jelm and Cummins City, comprises an area of bottomland on the Laramie River near Woods Landing, Wyoming where the mining boomtown of Cummins City, Wyoming was established in 1880. Gold had been discovered in the nearby mountains and the town was established by W.S. "Buck" Bramel ...

  6. Miner's Delight, Wyoming - Wikipedia

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    Miner's Delight went through several boom-bust periods, as many western mining towns did, with corresponding rises and declines in its population. Gold was discovered there in 1868, and by 1870, at the height of the mine's operations, the population in Hamilton City was 75, forty of whom were miners.

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  8. South Pass City, Wyoming - Wikipedia

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    South Pass City is an unincorporated community in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States.It is located 2 miles (3 km) south of the intersection of highways 28 and 131.A former station on the Oregon Trail, it became a ghost town after later gold mines were closed.

  9. San Pedro Mountains mummy - Wikipedia

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    The mummy that became known as Pedro was discovered in either 1932 or 1934 in the San Pedro mountains in Carbon County, Wyoming by two gold prospectors, Cecil Mayne and Frank Carr. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] After blasting open a cave, on a ledge inside it they discovered a mummified body in a seated position, approximately 6–7 inches (15–18 cm) tall ...

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