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	Reed Gold Mine
		Two decades later, in the mid-1820's, as more sophisticated methods of mining were introduced to the region, shafts (202k) were sunk at nearby mines to tap veins of ore. Separating the gold from the quartz in which it was found required huge Chilean grinding stones, bigger rockers, and retorts.
		The gold-bearing quartz ore mined from the shafts was crushed either by the huge grinding wheels of the Chilean mill or by the iron heads of the stamp mill.
		The Reed Mine was the seed from which the country's gold mining industry and subsequent gold rushes germinated.
	statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /nc/ncsites/gold.htm (2239 words)

	North Carolina Lodging - Reed Gold Mine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Reed Gold Mine is the site of the first documented gold find in the United States.
		During its peak years gold mining was second only to farming in the number of North Carolinians it employed.
		John Reed (Johannes Reith) was a Hessian soldier who left the British army near the conclusion of the Revolutionary War and came to settle near fellow Germans living in the lower Piedmont of North Carolina.
	www.northcarolinalodging.net /historicSites/reed.html (589 words)

	MPR Reports - Reed's Gold Mine Cabarrus County NC
		The mine tour itself was interesting from a historical, geological, and archeological point of view though the site is not accurately historical in nature (they have included some "period appropriate" though not "location specific" exhibits).
		On entering the mine shaft exhibit -- there is a sudden temperature drop to about 55 - 60 F and the dampness in the mine could cause discomfort in some people.
		She explained to us that these were "rumors" and that the mines are not haunted as Engine Shaft is "very deep and the water table is near..." therefore explaining that, in her opinion, there could be no ghost in that shaft.
	metrohauntings.faithweb.com /Reports/reed_mine.htm (760 words)

	Reed Gold Mine, North Carolina
		Their mining methods had become antiquated, and the mine was not nearly as profitable as some of the others in the area.
		In the meantime, both the Reed Mine and the entire east coast gold mines were practically forgotten as the siren call of Gold in California echoed across the continent, and a mass exodus of miners, would-be miners, and wannabe miners flocked toward the Golden West and adventure.
		The mine was sold several more times, and in 1853 the New York based Reed Gold and Copper Mining Company brought in state of the art equipment, developed new shafts and tunnels, and hired professional miners to work the fabled old mine.
	freepages.history.rootsweb.com /~gtusa/usa/nc/reedmine.htm (1409 words)

	The Carolina Connoisseur strikes gold in North Carolina
		When Conrad Reed brought his father a shiny rock he found at the bottom of the stream flowing through their Cabarrus County farm, nobody in his family imagined he'd found gold.
		But gold it was, as Reed discovered when he got around to hauling the curious rock to a jeweler in Fayetteville.
		Reed Gold Mine, today a North Carolina Historic Site, displays a nice variety of gold nuggets and objects (appropriately displayed in old vaults), as well as excellent exhibits on the machinery used to process gold.
	carolinaconnoisseur.com /gold.htm (834 words)

	North Carolina Collection-This Month in North Carolina History - Reed Gold Mine
		Reed soon realized that he had let his soon-to-be famous doorstop go for significantly less than it was worth, but he knew that there were other yellow rocks in his creek.
		The Reed Gold Mine was significant not only for being the first American gold mine, but also for the size of the nuggets that it produced.
		Gold mining in the state dwindled through the 20th century until the last operation closed in 1964.
	www.lib.unc.edu /ncc/ref/nchistory/apr2004 (638 words)

	John Reed
		It is the report of a rich mine that was closed for a decade while its owners argued over a hunk of gold in legal battles that reached the state supreme court.
		In 1799 the course of Reed's life and a portion of the history of his adopted homeland was turned about by the accidental discovery of gold on his property.
		A jeweler in Fayetteville, whom Reed visited on an annual marketing trip to that town, told Reed that the metal was gold and asked that the nugget be left for fluxing; when Reed returned, the artisan showed him a bar of gold six to eight inches long.
	www.cojoweb.com /gold-john-reed.html (1987 words)

	H&H - The Bechtler Private Mint
		Gold was found accidentally in Cabarrus county, North Carolina in 1792 in part of Mecklenburg County on a site to be later called the Reed Gold Mine.
		The first piece of gold found at this mine, was in the year 1799, by Conrad Reed a boy of about twelve years old the son of John Reed the proprietor.
		Reed returned he was presented with a large bar of gold about six or eight inches long.
	www.raregold.com /r-gabech.htm (1381 words)

	Pennsylvania Gold Locations
		Gold is always exciting to find, no matter where the world it is. Of course, California is the "king" state for gold finds in the 19th century.
		The Cornwall Iron Mine, in Lebanon County, the oldest operating iron mine in the country until 1972, found gold mixed in with the pyrite and chalcopyrite.
		This gold is believed to be related to a highly metamorphosed rock that once was either a volcanic rock or was closely related to igneous activity and associated with the many quartz veins found in the area.
	miningold.com /states/pa.html (1257 words)

	Reed Gold Mine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Reed's son found a 17 pound gold "nugget" in the Meadow Creek that ran through the family homestead, which resulted in the first gold rush in America- right to Charlotte, N.C- and for a time the Reed Gold Mine was the leading producer of gold in America.
		In the early 1800's, a neighbor of the Reeds', Eugene Mills, had gotten into yet another fight with his wife, Eleanor, who was known throughout the county as being somewhat cantankerous.
		The Reed Gold Mine is today a state historic site, which means it has regular hours and nobody gets to visit after dark without running the risk of getting arrested.
	ncghosts.t35.com /reed.htm (491 words)

	The Gold
		Gold mines and gold panning and prospecting sites range across North Carolina from Clay and Swain counties in the west to Nash, Halifax and Franklin counties in the east.
		The Martin Mine in York County produced a considerable quantity of placer gold from a clay-gravel bed of several acres and from the underlying weathered material.
		The gold mines and prospecting regions of South Carolina are part of the gold belt that extends from Central Alabama to Northern Virginia.
	www.cojoweb.com /gold-nc-1.html (3961 words)

	Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority
		A visit to the Reed Gold Mine will prove to be educational for the majority of Americans who believe that the gold rush started in California.
		Word of the area's hidden riches soon spread and by 1825 a gold rush had begun, with North Carolina leading the nation in gold mining until 1849.
		The Reed Gold Mine's Visitor Center has exhibits and a film portraying the state's gold mining industry as well as tours of the underground tunnels and processing areas.
	www.crva.com /displayNews.aspx?id=97 (717 words)

	National Park Service - Founders and Frontiersmen (Reed Gold Mine)
		Before 1829 all the gold mined in the United States and coined at the Philadelphia Mint came from the North Carolina mines, and until 1849 from the southern Appalachian States.
		The Reed Gold Mine is eligible for the Registry of National Historic Landmarks relating primarily to the development of commerce and industry.
		Numerous diggings of the Reed Mine are extant on the crest of a hill overlooking Meadow Creek, where the first discovery was made.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/founders/sitec33.htm (586 words)

	The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Story: Mecklenburg People
		John Reed was one of the Hessian (or German) soldiers for hire whom Britain's King George III sent to colonial America to suppress the uprisings of colonists who were fighting for independence.
		Reed was one of many soldiers who realized that they could make a better life in the colonies than in their homeland.
		This led to the booming gold mining industry in Mecklenburg County and the surrounding region.
	www.cmstory.org /people/people.asp?id=-754851948 (194 words)

	Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society Museum
		The General would marry Martha Reed, the daughter of John Reed, and would own a stake in both famous mines although the Reed mine stake would be embroiled in legal problems and operations eventually shut down.
		Until the discovery of Gold in California in 1848-48, North Carolina was the nation,s principle gold producing state.
		Soon the Carolina mines were abandoned, but many of the miners that moved west developed their mining skills in the Eastern Cabarrus Mine.
	users.vnet.net /echs/history.htm (1704 words)

	Software - Reed Gold Mine
		To recover the gold, the mercury was heated to vaporize and evaporate it, leaving the tiny particles of free gold to be collected.
		The gold-bearing quartz ore mined from the shafts was "crushed" by the huge grinding wheels of the Chilean mill or by the iron heads of the stamp mill to expose the gold inside where it could then be recovered by the use of rockers and mercury.
		Free tours of the mine and stamp mill; a visitor center with exhibits and a film on the history of the mine; gold panning is $3 per person (includes two pans of sand and instruction) - $1 per person for groups of 10 or more.
	www.rocksandminerals.com /reedmine.htm (2391 words)

	» North Carolina Gold Mines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This shows the trend of historic gold mines in the southwestern part of the Charlotte, North Carolina city center.
		Gold from the Reed and other North Carolina mines found its way to the Philadelphia mint..
		Until the discovery of gold in California in 1848, North Carolina was the nations principal gold -producing state.
	golddredge.info /north-carolina-gold-mines (546 words)

	Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society Museum
		The General married Martha Reed, the daughter of John Reed, and owned a stake in both famous mines, although the Reed mine stake was embroiled in legal problems and operations were eventually shut down.
		Until the discovery of gold in California in 1848, North Carolina was the nation,s principal gold-producing state.
		Soon the Carolina mines were abandoned, but many of the miners who moved west developed their mining skills in the Eastern Cabarrus Mine.
	users.vnet.net /echs/hist.htm (1687 words)

	Reed Gold Mine Directions
		Turn left on Reed Mine Road, go approximately three miles, and the site will be on the right.
		The Lower Hill Trail features "Talking Rocks" that describe the mining activities at Reed Gold Mine and various rocks found in the southeastern United States.
		Numerous locations feature historic mining machinery, and an area on Upper Hill has the chimney and restored foundations of the 1854 mill house.
	www.itpi.dpi.state.nc.us /reed/reed/facts/facilities.html (373 words)

	Gold mine reed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Reed Gold Mine is the site of the first documented gold find in the United...
		The Reed Gold Mine is located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and is the...
		Reed Gold Mine in Cabbarus County North Carolina was the site of the first gold...
	mines.insidedope.info /gold-mine-reed-r.html (254 words)

	Cabarrus County Neighborhood Watch www
		Cabarrus County is the home of Reed Gold Mine, where gold was first discovered in the United States.
		Although the gold is scarcer than it was in 1799, when twelve year-old Conrad Reed found a 17 pound "rock" of the precious metal and made the country's first major gold discovery, this community is still the home of Reed's Gold Mine, which gives folks the chance to "discover" gold.
		Twelve-year-old Conrad Reed's discovery of a gold nugget the size of a brick began what became a full-scale mining industry in the Carolinas.
	www.cabarrusneighbors.com /documents/cabarruscounty.htm (486 words)

	First Gold Discovery in the United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Reed Gold Mine in North Carolina is the first documented gold find in the United States.
		Soon after The Reed Gold Mine was sold at public auction.
		The gold mine changed hands many times through the years until 1911.
	www.thegemcutter.com /Service/firstgold.htm (180 words)

	Show Mines of the United States: Reed Gold Mine
		Reed Gold Mine is the site of the first documented discovery of gold in the United States.
		The Reeds were just farmers and did not recognize it as valuable.
		Then it was identified as a gold nugget by a Fayetteville jeweler.
	www.showcaves.com /english/usa/mines/Reed.html (192 words)

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		Less than a mile up the road, Reed Gold mine is situated off to the right along the hills surrounding the banks of Little Meadow Creek.
		Identified as an “old deed” in the original survey of 330 acres issued to John Reed by the North Carolina Secretary of State, the inclusion of the smaller tract shows clearly that John owned first the 30-acre piece of land before the 330 acres was granted.
		So though gold was discovered in 1799 on possibly the 30 acre deeded tract, John Reed kept quiet the discovery until he had clear title as issued in late 1800.
	www.angelfire.com /nc/benjthomasofansonnc/reedmine.html (2946 words)

	North Carolina
		A 17 pound gold nugget was found in 1799 by a 12 year old boy, Conrad Reed, in a creek on the Reed farm in North Carolina.
		It has gold displays, equipment, a film, gold panning and tours of the gold mine Call(704-786-8337).
		Some other gold nuggets found in North Carolina were: 28 pounds, 25 pounds and 15 pounds.
	www.lostgold.us /html/north_carolina1.htm (145 words)

	New Page 9
		Industrialized gold mining became serious business in the Carolina Piedmont in the first half of the nineteenth century and made Charlotte, as over against Mecklenburg County, an important economic center for the first time in its history.
		This was the opening event in the history of the gold mining industry of North Carolina, which extracted $60 million of the precious ore between 1799 and 1860 and led the nation in gold production until the discovery of large deposits of the metal in California in 1848.
		The pitiless fls, aspiring to find enough gold to purchase their freedom, were generally assigned such menial tasks as cutting timber, building fences and dams, and growing hay, corn, and oats for the miners and for the company's mules and horses.
	www.danandmary.com /Historyofcharlottechapter4abs.htm (5935 words)

	2000 D.I.R.T. Club Archives
		The first Gold in America was discovered on John Reeds farm in 1799; And 1999 was the bicentennial celebration for the Reed Gold Mine.
		John Reed's son found a 17 pound gold nugget & him being a farmer did not know what is was or what it was worth.
		The Reed Gold Mine is now owned by the state of North Carolina & is Free admission.
	www.ritreasure.com /archives2000.shtml (1555 words)

	reed gold mine
		September 20, 2006 - AmMex Gold Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that a 6000 meter reverse-circulation drill program will commence within the next 10 days at its Tiliche Project located in NW Sonora, Mexico, within the gold belt that stretches from southern California to central Sonora.
		Paramount Gold Mining Corp., is pleased to release the results of a trenching program in the south and central part of its San Miguel concession block near Temoris, Chihuahua, Mexico.
		Reed Gold Mine The Reed Gold Mine is located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and is the site of the first documented gold find in the United.
	digilander.libero.it /minesz/reed_gold_mine.html (748 words)

	» Gold Mine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited was formed in 1950 as a Rand Mines managed company to exploit the single Harmony mine lease.
		Unique gold mines set amid wooded hillsides overlooking the beautiful Cothi Valley, first exploited by the Romans almost 2000 years ago.
		Gold mine tour and panning for gold in heart of Colorado - Silverton located just 50 miles north of Durango, Colorado.
	golddredge.info /gold-mine (390 words)

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