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			<title>Posting an Avatar</title>
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			<dc:creator>C-17A</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Greetings Admin,
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Can you plz advise?
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Looking forward to visiting your new Forum!!]]></description>
			<category>Suggestion Board</category>
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			<title>gold panning moratorium in the National Forrest.</title>
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			<description>i was sent this information by the president of my local GPAA chapter in augusta,GA. i didn't even know anything about this. talk about keeping the public informed. 



Tony Hall has done a lot of work with the gold panning moratorium in the National Forrest.  Tony did not recieve a reply back from the Forrest Service in reguards to the request for information using the Freedom of Information Act.  Below is an e-mail that Tony sent out.  

 

This is an update about what I know. 



I talked  ...</description>
			<category>gold prospecting</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:32:03 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>one of the best web for diy</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://nevada-outback-gems.com/prospect/Cal_dredge_trip/home_made_3_stage.htm" target="_blank">http://nevada-outback-gems.com/prospect/Cal_dredge_trip/home_made_3_stage.htm</a>]]></description>
			<category>Do it yourself</category>
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			<title>Nash County North Carolina</title>
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			<description>Arrington Mine - in Nash Co. 1 mile southeast of the Portis Mine. The mine tract comprises nearly 2,000 acres of land extending 2 or 3 miles down Fishing Creek. It was a lode gold mine. 



Conyer's Mine - was a lode gold mine. 



Davis Mine - was a lode gold mine. 



Kerney Mine - was a lode gold mine. 



Mann Mine - was a lode gold mine. 



Mann-Arrigton (Argo) Mine - in the northeast corner of Nash Co. At Argo P.O., 5 miles southeast of Ransom's Bridge. Also accessible from Aventon,  ...</description>
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			<title>Moore County North Carolina</title>
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			<description>Bell Mine - produced lode gold. 



Brown Mine - on the northwest edge of the District on the road from Moffitt's to Richardson's Mill, produced lode gold. 



Burns Mine - .5 miles south of the Cagle Mine. 



Cagle Mine - 3 miles southeast of Brown Mine and near the east edge of belt on the east side of Cabin Creek. 



Clegg Mine - .25 miles west of the Cagle Mine on the west side of Cabin Creek. The gold worked by open cuts can be picked and shoveled out. 



Grampusville Mine -  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:18:39 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>MONTGOMERY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[SUGGESTED PROSPECTING AREAS:
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Burnett Mountain - gold can be found in placers. 
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Tom's Creek - gold can be found in placers. 
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Uwarra River - gold can be found in placers.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:17:48 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Mecklenburg County North Carolina</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description>In Charlotte, within the city limits, 1 mile southwest of intersection of Trade and Tryon Streets, you can find placer gold. 



MINES:

Capps Mine - was famed for quality and amount of ore. It was a lode gold mine. 



Clark Mine - was a lode gold mine. 



Gibson Mine - was a lode goldmine. 



Hopewell Mine - along with several other nearby mines produced lode gold, with pyrite and copper. 



Kerns Mine - along with several other nearby mines produced lode gold, with pyrite and  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:13:06 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>McDowell County North Carolina</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description>Gold occurs in placers in the McDowell belt which has a width of about 2 miles, with Hunt's Mountain and Nichol's Mountain for it's center. It is situated on the head water of North Muddy Creek and of the Second Broad River and for the most part to the east of the road from Marion to Rutherfordton. The largest nuggets found in the South Mountain area have been found in a gulch on the western slope of Huntsville Mountain and had a weight of 5 pounds. 



MINES:

Marion Bullion Company Mine  ...</description>
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			<title>Madison County North Carolina</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description>Warm Springs - gold can be found in veins and placers</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:11:33 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Macon County North Carolina</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description>Cowee Creek - The area around Franklin, north 6 miles, in the Cowee Valley, take Routes 23-141 north for 3 miles, turn northwest on Route 28 about 4 miles into sign posted mining district, and up Cowee Creek past the Cowee Baptist Church, many area mines for gemstones (a fee is charged to collectors at most mines), on dumps of these mines you can find gold bearing minerals, often collectors' specimens.</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:11:04 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Lincoln County North Carolina</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Graham Mine - is located 4 miles northeast of Iron Station and produced lode gold, copper. 
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Hope Mine - is located near Lincolnton and produced lode gold. 
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SUGGESTED PROSPECTING AREAS:
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Cottage Home - gold, diamonds. Gold occurs in placers and veins.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:10:04 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Lee County North Carolina</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description>San Lee Park, location can be reached by taking State Route 1521 from Sanford and turning right on the Pumping Road. Gold nuggets occur in the creek that flows out of the reservoir at the Sanford water works and pumping station northeast of Sanford. Many people have panned gold in this creek. The largest nuggets found are about twice the size of an average pinhead.</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:09:27 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Jackson County North Carolina</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Cashiers Valley Area in the area stream gravels you can find placer gold. 
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Fairfeild you can find gold in places. 
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Georgtown you can find gold in places. 
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Hogback, in the area of Chimney Top Mountains, regional stream gravels contain placer gold. Along the slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains you can find gold in placers.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Henderson County North Carolina</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description>Southwest of Asheville 12 miles and west of Boylston Creek, on south slope of Forge Mountain is the location of the Boylston Mine. This mine was worked in 1880's and again in 1935 for lode gold.</description>
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			<title>Halifax County North Carolina</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description>Davis Mine - was a lode gold producer. 



H and H Mine - 1940-57, lead, silver, zinc and by product gold was produced at this mine. This mine is the same as the House Mine. 



House Mine - 1940-57, lead, silver, zinc and a by product gold was produced here. This is sometimes called the H and H Mine. 



Kearney Mine - produced lode gold-. 



Mann Mine - produced lode gold. 



Taylor Mine - produced lode gold. 



Thomas Mine - produced lode gold. 



SUGGESTED PROSPECTING AREAS:

Near  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:22:05 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Guilford County North Carolina</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description>Guilford County has been a producer in the past, but most of the gold came from lode mines. There has been reports of placers below the gold mines, so this may be of interest to the panner. 



MINES:

Beard Mine - was a gold producer. 



Deep River Mine - was a gold mine. 



Fentress Mine - is located about 9 miles south of Greensboro. The mine is located on a quartz vein traceable for over 3 miles. It was a producer of lode gold and copper. 



Fisher Hill Mine - is located about  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:21:22 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Granville County North Carolina</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description>MINES:

Blue Wing Mine - was a lode gold, with copper mine. 



Buckeye Mine - was a lode gold, with copper mine. 



Copper World Mine - was a lode gold, with copper mine. 



Gillis Mine - was a lode gold, with copper mine. 



Holloway Mine - was a lode gold, with copper mine. 



Mastodon Mine - was a lode gold, with copper mine. 



Pool Mine - was a lode gold, with copper mine. 



Royster Mine - was a lode gold, with copper mine. 



Yancy Mine - was a lode gold, with  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:19:45 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Gaston County North Carolina</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description>Mines:

Beattie Mine - had some gold production. 



Cansler Mine - had some gold production. Large nuggets have been found in this area. 



Cannon mine - produced some gold. 



Derr Mine - had some gold production. 



Duffie Mine - was a lode gold mine. 



Farrar Mine - had some gold production. 



High Shoals Mine - was a gold producer. 



Kings Mountain Mine - is located about 2 miles south of the town of Kings Mountain, near the Gaston-Cleveland County line. The lode  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Franklin County North Carolina</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description>From 1840 to 1935, placer mining was sporadic in this area. Both stream placers and saprolite deposits were worked, but scarcity of water for hydraulic mining was the main stopping feature. The total gold production is estimated at 71,000 ounces. 



MINES:

Portis Mine - this mine is located .4 miles west of the Nash County line, close to Sandy Creek. It was worked between 1835-1935, total production was about $9,000,000. 



Van Alston Mine - is located near Sandy Creek. 



White House  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:18:10 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Davie County North Carolina</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Many old mines scattered throughout the county. 
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MINES:
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Allen Mine - was a lode gold mine. 
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Butler Mine - is located 8 miles southwest of Mocksville and it was a lode gold mine. 
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County Line Mine - was a lode gold mine. 
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Isaac Mine - was a lode gold mine.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:17:24 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Crowders Mountain Mine - was a rich producer.</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description>All regional watercourse and bench gravels have placer gold possibilities. Many scattered lode mines in Davidson County. 



MINES

Allen Mine - produced gold. 



Brown Mine - was a gold producer. 



Conrad Hill Mine - was a very rich producer. Conrad Hill was a big producer in 1832 and first discovery site of gold in Davidson County, now it is almost inaccessible with buildings in ruins. 



David Beck's Mine - Produced a by product of gold. 



Delk Mine - was a gold producer.  ...</description>
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			<title>Cleveland County North Carolina</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description>Crowders Mountain Mine - was a rich producer. 



The Kings Mountain Mine - is located about 2 miles south of the town of Kings Mountain, near the Gaston Cleveland County line. The lode deposits at Kings Mountain was worked intermittently from 1834 until 1895. 



Long Creek Mine - was a lode gold mine. 



Mountain Mine - had gold in placers. 



Oliver Mine - is located on the west side of the Catawba River. 



Rhodes Mine - was a lode gold mine. 



Whiteside Mine - has gold in  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:15:11 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Cherokee County North Carolina</title>
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			<description>Marble

Southeast of Marble along the Valley River, in gravel deposits you can find placer gold. Northwest of Marble, in the Snowbird Mountains is the Parker Mine. 



Murphy

Southeast of Murphy there were numerous mines that produced lode gold. The No. 6 mine is located here. 



Unaka

East of Unaka 1.5 miles, on the road to Murphy, along Beaverdam Creek is some good placer gold. 



Valleytown

All regional mountains extending from town 12 to 15 miles to Vengence Creek, along the  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:14:28 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Chatham County North Carolina</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[SUGGESTED PROSPECTING AREAS:
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Cane Creek - may be a good creek for fine gold. 
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Danelly's Creek - contains gold.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:13:15 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Catawba County North Carolina</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[The area around Hoopers Quarry, you can find gold, with calcite, grahite and pyrite. 
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A. D. Shuford's Mine - was worked by dragline scraper. It is located 4 1/2 miles slightly southeast from Catawba Station and 6 miles west of Sherrill's Ford. It was a placer mine. 
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Newton - most of the area streams around Newton contain placer gold.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:12:36 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Caswell County North Carolina</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description>The Carolina Igneous Belt, in Caswell and parts of the adjoining counties, is the second most important gold mining region of North Carolina. It varies from 15 to 30 mile in width. Within the Caswell County portion, there are very many old workings. All the regional stream gravels contain placer gold. The mines in the area are the probable source of the Placer told. The Counties in this belt are Caswell, Guilford, Davidson, Rowan and Mecklenburg. The most productive lode mines were in the other  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:11:59 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Caldwell County North Carolina</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description>Aronund Grandmothers Mountain all streams gravels have been worked for placer gold. 



Hartland

Northwest of Hartland 1.5 miles the adjoining mines of Miller and Scott Hill were major producers in the area. 



MINES:

Baker Mine - is located off the John's River near the mouth of Wilson's Creek. It was a good producer. 



Hercules Mine - is located 12 miles north of Morganton and was a major producer of lode gold. 



Little John Mine - was a placer mine and large nuggets have been  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:39:35 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Cabarrus County North Carolina</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description>In Cabarrus County all the regional streams and bench gravels contain some placer gold. Local inquiry may pay off. 



MINES:

Allen Furr Mine - is located 23 miles east of Charlotte. It was a lode gold mine. 



Barnhardt Mine - was a lode gold mine. 



Barringer's Mine - started as a placer mine and was later a lode gold mine. 



Blackwelders Mine - was a lode gold producer. 



California Mine - had some good gold output. 



Crowells Mine - was a old gold mine. 



Elwood  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:38:48 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Burke County North Carolina</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description>The South Mountain Belt is one of the most productive gold mining areas of North Carolina. The gold bearing region contains about 300 square miles of land, and panning for gold can be successful in practically all of the streams of this area. 



MINES

Brindleton Placer Mine - is located 13 miles southwest of Morganton in the South Mountain region. It was worked as early as 1828, and by 1916, this property had produced an estimated 50,000 ounces in gold. 



Brown Mountain Mine - has gold  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Buncombe County North Carolina</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description>Placer gold is reported in Cane Creek and the French Broad River.</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:37:22 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Ashe County North Carolina</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description>The best place to start looking for gold in Ashe County is in the headwaters of the New River in the south part of the county. 



Gap Creek Mine

The Gap Creek Mine (aka Copper Knob Mine) produced gold as a by product of its copper mining. It is located at Gap Creek on the New River. 



Ore Knob Mine

Ore Knob Mine is located east of Jefferson by 8 miles and north of Route 88 by 1 mile. The mine had an approximate production between 1855-1962 of around 9,400 ounces of gold. </description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:36:41 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Anson County North Carolina</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Most of the regional streams contain placer gold. 
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Ansonville - Fairview
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In the Ansonville - Faiview area the regional stream gravels contain placer gold. Also there are many old lode gold mines]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:35:38 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Alleghaney County North Carolina</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description>I have had some reports of placer gold in this county, but I am not sure of the exact location. If you have some information you would like to share use the Add information to a gold location feature.</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:34:49 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Alamance County North Carolina</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description>Suggested areas for prospecting in Alamance Count are: Haw River, Cane Creek, Newlins Area, Graham Area and on Mary's Creek near Snow Camp. Haw RiverMany area mines around the Haw River. The Anthony Mine, The Boyd Mine (placer), Dixon's Mine (placer mine with production on both sides of the Haw River), Faust Mine, Hold Mine, Mcaden Mine (Near Graham and has gold associated with pyrite) and the Robeson Mine</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:33:51 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>The South Mountain Belt</title>
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			<dc:creator>jamace</dc:creator>
			<description>The South Mountain Belt is one of the most productive gold mining areas of North Carolina. The gold bearing region contains about 300 square miles of land, and panning for gold can be successful in practically all of the streams of this area</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:21:49 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>please post you Suggestion</description>
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