Reed Gold Mine
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Megadrile
N 35° 17.713 W 080° 27.589
17S E 549115 N 3905916
The first gold rush in the United States occurred a few years after the discovery, in 1799, of a hunk of 'heavy yellow' metal in or along Little Meadow Creek in Cabarrus County [originally Mecklenburg County], North Carolina, by Conrad John Reed.
Waymark Code: WM31JH
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 01/26/2008
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Reed Gold Mine is the site of the first documented gold find in the United States. From this discovery, gold mining spread gradually to nearby counties and eventually into other southern states. During its peak years gold mining was second only to farming in the number of North Carolinians it employed. The estimated value of gold recovered reached over one million dollars a year. North Carolina led the nation in gold production until 1848, when it was eclipsed by the great rush to California.