Henderson County Gold Locations

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Henderson County Gold Locations

Gold Mining Site NC • Henderson County County
Description
Southwest of Asheville 12 miles and west of Boylston Creek, on south slope of Forge Mountain is the location of the Boylston Mine. This mine was worked in 1880's and again in 1935 for lode gold.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: henderson_nc.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Southwest of Asheville 12 miles and west of Boylston Creek, on south slope of Forge Mountain is the location of the Boylston Mine. This mine was worked in 1880's and again in 1935 for lode gold.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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