Can You Find Gold In North Carolina? Top Spots Revealed!
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
- Explore the rich mining history of North Carolina with us. We dive into the stories of gold and coal that shaped our state's past. From the Reed Gold Mine to the coal fields, we uncover the tales of the earth's hidden treasures in NC. Learn about the big finds and the miners who chased dreams underground. Subscribe and join us on this journey into the depths of North Carolina's mining legacy.
Merchandise: my-store-c8411...
This video is about Seeking Treasure In North Carolina: The Quest For Gold And Coal. But It also covers the following topics:
Coal Mining History
ar Heel Mining Tales
Gold Rush Stories NC
Video Title: Seeking Treasure In North Carolina: The Quest For Gold And Coal | Exploring Creation Vids
🔔Hit subscribe and explore the wonders of our natural world, from diverse ecosystems to fascinating wildlife.
www.youtube.co...
✅ Stay Connected With Us.
👉Facebook: / exploringcreationvids
✅ For Business Inquiries: email@finishedworks.net
=============================
✅ Recommended Playlists
👉Exploring State Parks
• Saving the Best: North...
👉Exploring North Carolina
• Exploring The North Ca...
✅ Other Videos You Might Be Interested In Watching:
👉 Saw Mill History By Song!
• Saw Mill History By Song!
👉Aerial Exploration: Serene Drone Flight over Untouched Salt Marsh in Eastern North Carolina
• Aerial Exploration: Se...
👉10 Fascinating Ocean Animal Facts That Will Blow Your Mind!
• 10 Mind-Blowing Facts ...
👉Uncovering the Mystery: The First Lost Colony - A Riveting Historical Investigation
• Uncovering the Mystery...
👉Unveiling North Carolina's Hidden River Treasures 🌊 - Exploring North Carolina
• Unveiling North Caroli...
=============================
✅ About Exploring Creation Vids.
Our channel is dedicated to exploring the diverse ecosystems, wildlife, and geological marvels that make our planet extraordinary. From lush forests and majestic mountains to vibrant coral reefs and vast deserts, we showcase the incredible diversity of nature's landscapes. Immerse yourself in captivating storytelling as we unveil the animal kingdom's secrets, revealing various species' fascinating behaviors, adaptations, and survival strategies.
From tiny insects to magnificent predators, every creature has a story to tell. Whether you're a nature enthusiast, wildlife lover, or simply someone who appreciates the beauty of the natural world, our channel will ignite your curiosity, deepen your understanding, and foster a greater appreciation for the wonders surrounding us.
Remember to subscribe to our channel and hit the notification bell to stay tuned for new videos celebrating our natural world's marvels. Welcome to the adventure!
For Collaboration and Business inquiries, please use the contact information below:
📩 Email: email@finishedworks.net
🔔 Join our adventure as we explore the wonders of our planet's ecosystems, wildlife, and geological marvels.
www.youtube.co...
=================================
#ncgoldmining #coalhistorync #miningheritage #reedgoldmine #ncnaturalresources #freedocumentary
Disclaimer: We do not accept any liability for any loss or damage incurred from you acting or not acting as a result of watching any of our publications. You acknowledge that you use the information we provide at your own risk. Do your research.
Copyright Notice: This video and our TH-cam channel contain dialogue, music, and images that are the property of Exploring Creation Vids. You are authorized to share the video link and channel and embed this video in your website or others as long as a link back to our TH-cam channel is provided.
© Exploring Creation Vids
I have also subscribed.
I was raised in Tarboro in Edgecombe County. Never heard of anyone finding gold. A classmate of mine when we were in elementary school talked about his brother finding a walrus tusk in the Tar River. He donated to N.C.State University. This would have been in the 1960s.
As a long time gold prospector in nc i want to thank you for leaving all the real gold spots out of your video. You gave all the well known places and stories but left out all the 'real ' places that would be destroyed. Again thank you.
With all the flooding disturbing so much soil in the last few days, it’ll be interesting to see what’s found in the next couple of years as a result.
U stay back
@joeydamiani86 No U
Morganton here and yes I've found gold very close to the catawba Indian camp.
Thank you for sharing your discovery with us! It's amazing to hear about your gold find near the Catawba Indian camp.
I found a piece about the size of a jellybean on the Catawba in 1985 . While canoeing.
My home state, currently in Georgia where I got my start mining just love gold mining and exploration .and it definitely out there you just have to get permission,find it,hire engineers,lawyers, raise money, apply for permits, raise more money, drill to outline ore body,do metallurgy, design mine plan, fight the public for the opportunity to go way out on a limb , raise more money, hire people, MSHA school for everyone before they can get to work, buy equipment, raise more money, purchase and setup plant or process, raise more money then start mining and hope and pray you make it seeing how you are way upside down before you can even start. But I do love the challenges lol . Enjoyed the video and there’s gold in nearly every creek and river through the piedmont. 👍🏻🇺🇸
Thank you for sharing! Glad you liked the video!
Mike, I think most are just looking for a nice hobby with a few trinket rewards. Not to start a mining company.
Ummm woooah!! And here I was telling myself that I just need to get a gold pan and that was it! Lmao jkin but beautiful break down
My grandma found a large chunk near her home in western NC but had a swindler take advantage of her and only paid her 1/4 of it's worth .one of my sisters has found Ruby's, sapphire s, and amethyst on the same land.! ..
Thank you for sharing your family's gem-hunting adventures. It's wonderful to hear about the treasures they've discovered!
Ruby's and sapphires. Shouldn't their be diamonds? Sounds like a hot spot for them!
How is her home now?
@@donaldbeamer3563diamonds are very rare here in NC but they are here
The Spanish were in Western NC. I've read a book where there was found a mold for making Spanish coins next to a mine. There were also a lot of arrowheads found, so there may have been a battle between the Indians and Spanish.
What part of Western NC exactly
@@NicolasJaimes-ng2vl Cherokee County.
Burke Co.@@NicolasJaimes-ng2vl
To be fair arrowheads are everywhere and just because you find them in a spot where more modern artifacts are doesn’t mean they were there at the same time, but it is possible.
Great documentary.
I live in wilkesboro and I have found Gold in the creeks here just two creeks around here that don't have any or IV not found,,,,but, traphill,maulbarry Creek,brushycreek,( noley hole) ,,along hwy 16 and 18 i have found some nothing to get rich on but payed power bill
That's amazing to hear! Finding gold in the creeks must be such a thrilling experience!
Gold Hill and Silver Valley!
If that’s the case, it Wouldn’t be a bad idea to always recheck all the old mining and stream bed areas.
Good idea!
Side note the use of cyanide is a very common and safe method to produce gold from very low concentrations. And once you allow the ph of the solution to drop below 10/9 ppm it self destructs into nitrogen and oxygen. Another thing I’ve noticed is the ore we discharge after leaching grows the greenest plants and fast as the added lime we use to raise the ph to keep our cyanide alive and working. It’s heavy sulfides associated with the ore’s carrying gold that cause the problems. 🇺🇸👍🏻
Cool two things I love finding minerals and growing healthy plants very interesting
Excellent video sir! Liked and subscribed 🫡
Your support means a lot to me! I appreciate you liking and subscribing.
Now that I see the flood damage, I’m thinking about gold panning
Same
From first hand experience, there is still a tremendous amount of Gold still here 👍🏻 as for cyanide leaching it is actually very safe and efficient. I would love to access more of the old dumps and tailings some do carry substantial gold ours average around 2.25 grams per ton. Biggest problem other than the one mentioned is getting the gold in contact with the cyanide and most ores mined were Quartz veins or schist of some sort, because they won’t absorb water it can’t contact which brings up other problems.
Thanks for sharing!
I've busted quartz from the middle of the state to powder and panned, there's definitely microfines.
There are quartz veins everywhere
My 4th great grandfather actually owned a gold mine, never been able to figure out where in NC it was.. But it was likely between Cabarrus county and Union county.. That's where the family resided. I believe it was ordered in his will to be sold to pay off debts. His name was, Valentine Starnes.
That's fascinating! It's incredible to trace our family histories and uncover such unique stories. \
@@ExploringCreationVids I got curious and went back and looked after this video... He left it to his last wife (Margaret Query Starnes... Who was the same age as one of his daughters) she messed over his daughter and grandchildren... sold off everything for next nothing. The mine was sold for $250 ... About 8k in today's money. 😭 I'm going to go be sad now lol.
I love history and ancestry.. Even when they're sad... And may even anger you.... But always fascinating... Especially since all branches of my family have been here since before the American Revolution.
Thec plants that grow green and healthy from your talings are not just absorbing the lime they are getting trace minerals they need .
I'm a gold miner and Gardner all my life .
This is why now they sell volcanic ash deposits bagged up for plants .
The trace minerals are tantamount for healthy plants
Thank you for sharing your insight! It's great to learn from someone with your experience and knowledge.
Bro I found actual gold for the first time in my life naturally in North Carolina mount airy
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Thars😊 gold in them thar hills.
So, the first gold rush on the USA was in NC!
Honest question. Do you think the recent storm and flooding will uncover gold we didn't know about or will it bury the gold that's there and make it harder to find? All jokes aside I hope everybody has has the best recovery as a community that you could have and a detrimental situation like hurricane in the mountain and landslides in the middle of the night.
Tell me about Courtney nc Yadkin county
Love ENC! (It's the CAMELback Bridge, though...)
Good to know!
The earth is always moving. Small earthquakes are measured all over the US. Maybe the gold wasn’t there when the Spanish came through. Maybe it took a few hundred years of the earth moving for the gold to appear.
Yes
I have a nice claim in Montana. I think im going to check on buying a claim in Nc. Thats a beautiful state.
That sounds like a good plan!
no claims in nc. thats all blm.
My friend found some nuggets 4 and 5 ounces. They were bigger than a silver dollar.
That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing!
The narrator, that you scooch?? Nope, my bad. Voice very familiar.
I often wonder if Oklahoma rivers have gold
That's an interesting thought! It's always fun to ponder the hidden treasures in our surroundings.
I found lots of gold but what fo I do with it . Anyone g Ave any ideas
My family and I are from Michigan and I don’t think we have any parts of Michigan. They are mining.
Thank you for sharing your perspective on Michigan's mining industry!
No but you can get gold from the beaches on the Great lakes and Placer mining in the creeks coming from glacier tile.
Can you find gold in upstate NY
Yes, you can find gold in upstate NY! It might take some searching, but it's definitely possible.
Do South Carolina have Gold in where is a Good Place to hunt Gold in South Carolina
Good question, I would start with researching at local museums
One of the largest gold mines around is in Kershaw SC.... Oceanic Gold
Yes. Jefferson, s.c. had one long time ago
I've found gold in the creek at the 40acre rock in SC.
There is a big miss in all this most of all these appears to bean made and a story was formed around it.
I wonder what his pastor had to say about the kid skipping Church and becoming so richly rewarded? Temptation of The devil May be? That kid owned the whole town.
LOL! Funny!
I read somewhere that the family used it for a door stop for years and didn't realize what they had.
No--- sadly, he did not. @thomas train is right. They had it for a number of years before Mr. Reed finally suspected it might be valuable. So he took it to a jeweler in Fayetteville. The jeweler bought it for 1/50th or so of its worth... 😕 I guess there are two lessons here: don't skip church, and don't trust jewelers in Fayetteville 😏
@Missie Degon I was stationed at ft Bragg and it's funny to read that. Nowadays you can take one step off base and there's a friendly Fayetteville business to help separate you from your money.
Thomastrain
You probably don’t even have to step off the base to be helped to separate you from your money as you can file taxes online haha. It’s April so that time of the season.
I had a relative complain about taxes. My dad laughed. It’s like well the guy works as a prison guard so he’s a government employee that’s in theory his job is paid for by taxes. Nowadays most government spending is more then tax revenue so spending is funded by printing money or issuing debt the federal reserve then buys. But here’s the thing. The federal reserve pays a 90% franchise tax to the treasury so the government gets its money bad. The federalreserveis privately owned so it does paya6%dividend to wallstreet.
There were slaves other than ones from Africa working in mines. Chinese were used a lot.
Absolutely, the history of labor exploitation is much broader than commonly understood. It's important to acknowledge all groups affected.
So sick of the little Conrad finding hold in Little Meadow Creek....there's much more important gold stories of North Carolina!
Enslaved people or enslaved indigenous
Old video
Thank you for checking it out! Sometimes the classics deserve a little love too!
These explanations are laughable 🤣