The presence of gold in the Appalachian Mountains was long known to the American Indians in the area. Gold was a traded commodity for the original inhabitants, but it was not valued with nearly the same reverence as it was for the Spanish Conquistadors that eventually landed in the Americas. It was the rich discoveries […]
This article will explain below how the first documented gold nugget was found in the United States. The discover eventually gave birth to the Reed Gold Mine in North Carolina. Some efforts to look for the gold in the Appalachian Mountains had earlier been embarked on by some Spaniards and English colonists. As the early […]
North Carolina has the distinction of having the very first documented discovery of gold in the United States at the Reed Gold Mine. Since the discovery in 1799 gold has been located primarily as lode deposits and byproducts from mining for other minerals. Running in a diagonal line across the state is the Carolina Slate […]