Mines: — Gaston County

Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: gaston_nc.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Mines:. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Beattie Mine - had some gold production. Cansler Mine - had some gold production. Large nuggets have been found in this area. Cannon mine - produced some gold. Derr Mine - had some gold production. Duffie Mine - was a lode gold mine. Farrar Mine - had some gold production. High Shoals Mine - was a gold producer. Kings Mountain Mine - is located about 2 miles south of the town of Kings Mountain, near the Gaston-Cleveland County line. The lode deposit at Kings Mountain was worked intermittently between 1834 and 1895. Long Creek Mine - was a lode gold mine. McLean (Rumfeldt) Mine - is located 16 miles southwest of Charlotte. Puett Mine - is located 18 miles southwest of Charlotte and was a lode gold mine. Rhodes Mine - is located 18 miles southwest of Charlotte and was a lode gold mine. Rumfeldt Mine - is located 15 miles southwest of Charlotte. Sloan Mine - was a gold producer. Smith Mine - was a gold producer. A. D. Sufford Mine - large nuggets have been found at this site. Wells Mine - was a gold producer.