Reed Gold Mine

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Also known as Reed mine

Reed Gold Mine — mine, appearing in the Charlotte record across 9 documented year(s).

In the record (9)

1803
John Reed established a mining partnership with three local men to begin extracting gold from the Little Meadow Creek bed, formally starting the Reed Gold Mine operation.
Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site John Reed
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1804
An enslaved boy named Peter, working the Reed mine's placer operation, unearthed a 28-pound gold nugget, described as the largest documented gold nugget found in the United States.
Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site Peter
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1831
Underground mining operations formally commenced at the Reed Gold Mine in 1831, six years after gold was first found in quartz veins on the property.
Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site
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1835
Family legal disputes over the Reed estate resulted in a court injunction that halted mining at the Reed Gold Mine for roughly ten years, starting in 1835.
Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site
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1845
John Reed died in 1845; the Reed Gold Mine was subsequently sold at public auction.
Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site John Reed
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1846
The Reed Gold Mine was estimated to have yielded about $1 million worth of gold in total between 1804 and 1846, making it one of the most productive individual sites of the North Carolina gold rush.
Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site
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1854
Around 1854, miners at the Reed Gold Mine significantly expanded underground operations and constructed a substantial engine millhouse with a stone chimney and a steam engine to power deeper vein mining.
Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site
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1895
In 1895 the Kelly family, together with Dr. Justin D. Lisle, purchased the Reed Gold Mine property for $15,000, maintaining it thereafter largely as a family retreat rather than an active commercial mining operation.
Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site
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1896 · 1896-04-01
In April 1896, four miners working the reopened Reed Gold Mine (after the Kelly family's 1895 purchase and installation of a 10-stamp mill) discovered a 23-pound gold nugget.
Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site Alpha Mill Mecklenburg Cotton Mill Ada Mill Orient Mill Victor Cotton Mill
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Reed Gold Mine

In the record (9)

John Reed established a mining partnership with three local men to begin extracting gold from the Little Meadow Creek bed, formally starting the Reed Gold Mine operation.

An enslaved boy named Peter, working the Reed mine's placer operation, unearthed a 28-pound gold nugget, described as the largest documented gold nugget found in the United States.

Underground mining operations formally commenced at the Reed Gold Mine in 1831, six years after gold was first found in quartz veins on the property.

Family legal disputes over the Reed estate resulted in a court injunction that halted mining at the Reed Gold Mine for roughly ten years, starting in 1835.

John Reed died in 1845; the Reed Gold Mine was subsequently sold at public auction.

The Reed Gold Mine was estimated to have yielded about $1 million worth of gold in total between 1804 and 1846, making it one of the most productive individual sites of the North Carolina gold rush.

Around 1854, miners at the Reed Gold Mine significantly expanded underground operations and constructed a substantial engine millhouse with a stone chimney and a steam engine to power deeper vein mining.

In 1895 the Kelly family, together with Dr. Justin D. Lisle, purchased the Reed Gold Mine property for $15,000, maintaining it thereafter largely as a family retreat rather than an active commercial mining operation.

In April 1896, four miners working the reopened Reed Gold Mine (after the Kelly family's 1895 purchase and installation of a 10-stamp mill) discovered a 23-pound gold nugget.