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13360
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Settled in 1750 and comprised of two mountain ranges averaging 1,200 feet, Burke County also has numerous lakes and a rich history as well as industry and agriculture.
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16899
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In the early 19th century, North Carolina experienced the first fold mining boom in North America. By the 1830s a federal branch mint had been built in Charlotte and occupations in gold production were second only to agriculture. North Carolina's mines received a great deal of attention from northern and foreign venture capitalists, who brought not only investment but skilled labor and management to the deep mines of the Piedmont. Many of these skilled miners were Cornishmen, who brought their mining heritage, refined over centuries of experience, into this new field of opportunity.
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15155
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The Conder Gold Mine was located in Waxhaw in Union County. Union County mining traces back to the 19th-century when slaves mined for gold. Mine operations in 1941 turned out two gold bricks a month, with each brick weighing approximately 30 pounds valued at $9,000.
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21307
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An in-depth examination of the life and work of the miners at Gold Hill, in Rowan County, as well as a look at the mining process and the role of the labor force that operated the gold industry in North Carolina in the mid-19th century.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 62 Issue 4, Oct 1985,
p420-447, il, map, f
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