Mines: — Lancaster County

Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: lancaster_sc.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. Belk Mine - was productive between 1830 - 40. Blackmon Gold Mine - has gold associated with pyrite . Brassington Mine - was an old lode gold mine. Clyburn (Cay) Mine - is located on the southwest extension of the Haile mine. Funderburk Mine - was worked in 1897 and again Hagin Mine - was a substantial pyrite vein with small amount of gold production. Haile Mine - is credited with most of the total production in the county between 1829 and 1942 . The mine produced approximately 280,080 ounces of lode gold. This mine is the largest gold mine in all the southeastern states. The mine was opened in 1829 and closed in 1942. It is been opened again in the past few years using modern cyanide techniques. In all area streams surrounding the mine there is placer gold. This mine is located 1/2 mile north of the junction of Routes 86 and 167.