North Carolina gold mines

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gold mining district historic mining region

North Carolina gold mines were some of the earliest and most productive gold deposits in the United States, sparking the nation’s first gold rush in the early 19th century.

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Label Occurrences
North Carolina gold rush 3
North Carolina gold belt 1
North Carolina gold mines canonical 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gold mining district ⓘ
historic mining region ⓘ
associatedWith Charlotte Mint ⓘ
contributedTo early U.S. mint operations in Charlotte ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
declineCause competition from western U.S. gold fields ⓘ
discovery of richer gold deposits in California in 1848 ⓘ
economicImpact attracted investment and labor to the Piedmont region ⓘ
stimulated development of Charlotte as a financial center ⓘ
followedBy California Gold Rush as dominant U.S. gold rush ⓘ
geologicalSetting Carolina Slate Belt ⓘ
hasCause discovery of a large gold nugget in Cabarrus County in 1799 ⓘ
heritageStatus subject of historic preservation and interpretation ⓘ
historyOfTopic gold mining in the United States ⓘ
inception 1799 ⓘ
industry mining industry of North Carolina ⓘ
knownFor being site of the first major gold rush in the United States ⓘ
early 19th-century gold production ⓘ
laborSource European immigrant miners ⓘ
enslaved African Americans ⓘ
local farmers ⓘ
locatedIn Cabarrus County ⓘ
surface form: Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Davidson County, North Carolina ⓘ
Guilford County ⓘ
surface form: Guilford County, North Carolina

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
Randolph County, North Carolina ⓘ
Rowan County, North Carolina ⓘ
Stanly County ⓘ
surface form: Stanly County, North Carolina

Union County, North Carolina ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Piedmont region of North Carolina ⓘ
mainProduct gold ⓘ
miningMethod lode mining ⓘ
placer mining ⓘ
underground hard-rock mining ⓘ
notableMine Capps Mine ⓘ
Gold Hill mines ⓘ
Haile Gold Mine ⓘ
Phoenix Mine (North Carolina) ⓘ
Randolph Mine ⓘ
Reed Gold Mine ⓘ
Randolph Mine ⓘ
surface form: Silver Hill Mine
oreType quartz veins containing native gold ⓘ
partOf Appalachian gold belt ⓘ
peakPeriod 1820s ⓘ
1830s ⓘ
precededBy small-scale placer gold recovery by local residents ⓘ
significantEvent first U.S. gold rush ⓘ
startTime early 19th century ⓘ
timePeriod Antebellum period in the United States ⓘ
tourism Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charlotte Mint → usedGoldFrom → North Carolina gold mines ⓘ
Charlotte Mint → relatedEvent → North Carolina gold mines ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Carolina gold rush
Appalachian gold belt → includesDistrict → North Carolina gold mines ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Carolina gold belt
Gold Hill mines → partOf → North Carolina gold mines ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Carolina gold mining region
Phoenix Mine (North Carolina) → partOf → North Carolina gold mines ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Carolina gold mining district
Phoenix Mine (North Carolina) → significantPeriod → North Carolina gold mines ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Carolina gold rush
Phoenix Mine (North Carolina) → associatedWith → North Carolina gold mines ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Carolina gold rush (early 1800s)
Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site → significantPlaceFor → North Carolina gold mines ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Carolina gold rush