Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site

Cause Area

  • Arts & Culture
  • Community
  • Education & Literacy
  • Environment
  • Race & Ethnicity

Location

9621 Reed Mine RoadMidland, NC 28107 United States
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Mission Statement

To preserve and interprete the site of the first discovery of gold in America.

Description

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.

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