Mines: — Rowan County

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Mines: — Rowan County

Gold Mining Site NC • Rowan County County
Description
Barnhardt Mine - produced lode gold. Barringer Mine - produced lode gold. Bullion Mine - 1.5 miles east of the Reimer, little worked, more as traces of gold in a quartz outcrop. Produced free gold. Dunns Mt. Mine - 3.5 miles east of Salisbury Mine, produced lode gold, with pyrite. Dutch Creek Mine - produced native gold, with pyrite. Gold Hill Mine (Randolph shaft) - total production through 1935, about $1,650,000 in lode gold. Gold Knob Mine - produced lode gold. Honeycutt Mine - produced lo...
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: rowan_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. Barnhardt Mine - produced lode gold. Barringer Mine - produced lode gold. Bullion Mine - 1.5 miles east of the Reimer, little worked, more as traces of gold in a quartz outcrop. Produced free gold. Dunns Mt. Mine - 3.5 miles east of Salisbury Mine, produced lode gold, with pyrite. Dutch Creek Mine - produced native gold, with pyrite. Gold Hill Mine (Randolph shaft) - total production through 1935, about $1,650,000 in lode gold. Gold Knob Mine - produced lode gold. Honeycutt Mine - produced lode gold. Mauney Mine - produced lode gold. Miller Mine - produced lode gold. New Discovery Mine - produced lode gold, with pyrite. Old Field Mine - produced lode gold. Randolph - The shaft of the Randolph mine was 820 feet deep and was one of the deepest in the Piedmont . Reimer Mine - produced lode gold. Troutman Mine - produced lode gold. Union Copper Mine - produced lode gold. Whitney Mine - produced lode gold.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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