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Gold Hill is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Rowan County, North Carolina, United States near the Cabarrus County line. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 372. [ 4 ]
During the Carolina Gold Rush, a Mr. Byerly surveyed for gold on his property, about ten miles east of Lexington, North Carolina. In the spring of 1838, he discovered lead carbonate on a shallow hilltop later dubbed Silver Hill. Roswell A. King purchased Byerly's property and began excavating a shaft, naming the site King's Mine.
Gold Hill Township is one of fourteen townships in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 10,015 according to the 2000 census. Geographically, Gold Hill Township occupies 32.29 square miles (83.6 km 2) in southern Rowan County. Incorporated municipalities in Gold Hill Township include the town of Rockwell ...
Gold Hill is in the center left; "dt" is diorite and "hI" is andesite. [ 1 ] The Comstock Lode is a lode of silver ore located under the eastern slope of Mount Davidson , a peak in the Virginia Range in Virginia City, Nevada (then western Utah Territory ), which was the first major discovery of silver ore in the United States and named after ...
The Carolina gold rush, the first gold rush in the United States, followed the discovery of a large gold nugget in North Carolina in 1799, [2] by a 12-year-old boy named Conrad Reed. He spotted the nugget while playing in Meadow Creek on his family's farm in Cabarrus County, North Carolina .
To handle the large amount of gold found in the region and state from the 19th into the early 20th century, the Charlotte Mint was built in nearby Charlotte, North Carolina. [2] [4] Today, the Reed Mine is a state historic site that belongs to the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and open to the public.
Lemuel Sanford Bowers (nickname: "Sandy") (February 24, 1833 – April 21, 1868) was an American teamster of Irish descent, [2] miner and owner of the Crown Point Mine near Gold Hill, Nevada. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Bowers and his wife were the Nevada Territory's first millionaires. [ 5 ]
Gold Hill, El Dorado County, California, an unincorporated community Gold Hill, Nevada County, California , a former settlement Gold Hill, Placer County, California , an unincorporated community