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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 .
The last large nugget uncovered by placer mining was discovered in 1896. The last underground mining took place at the Reed Mine in 1912. 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]
The Reed Gold Mine, southwest of Georgeville in Cabarrus County, North Carolina produced about 50,000 troy ounces (1,600 kg) of gold from lode and placer deposits. [ 40 ] Gold was produced from 15 districts, almost all in the Piedmont region of the state.
Leaders of states in the U.S. which have significant mineral deposits often create a state mineral, ... North Carolina [53] Gold (2011) Emerald (1973) North Dakota ...
Gold pans and shovels are commonly allowed, but sluice boxes and suction dredges may be prohibited in some areas. [12] [13] There are public mining areas in many states, and prospecting may allow one to stake a gold placer claim or other type of mining claim in certain areas. Some public lands have been set aside for recreational gold panning.
Robert Harvey Morrison Farm and Pioneer Mills Gold Mine, also known as Cedarvale, is a historic home and farm and national historic district located near Midland, Cabarrus County, North Carolina. The district encompasses five contributing buildings and three contributing sites.
North Carolina became a national center of mining and prospecting, with mining becoming the state's second-largest industry behind agriculture. [5] The North Carolina gold belt, comprising much of the western half of the state, was the only domestic source of gold in the United States prior to 1829.
The Kings Mountain Gold Mine operated intermittently until was closed in the early 1900s. In 1880, prospectors discovered cassiterite, tin ore, in the pegmatites within a 20 mi (32 km) wide, 110 mi (180 km) long, north-south trending zone of bedrock that became known as the Carolina tin belt and later the King Moumtain belt.