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Gold Mines in North Carolina (Images of America: North Carolina) by John Hairr and Joey Powell is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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The first gold discovery in the United States occurred in 1799 when young Conrad Reed went fishing in Little Meadow Creek in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. The 17-pound nugget he found was used by his family as a doorstop until they figured out what the strange rock was. This chance discovery set off the first gold rush in the nation's history. For more than a century, men extracted gold from the rolling hills and valleys of the North Carolina piedmont, as well as from the high peaks and rugge
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- John Hairr and Joey Powell
- Publisher
- Arcadia Publishing
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780738517360
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Engineering, Technology, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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