Yes, at least this is how I understand it. Placer mines are surface mines, and in creeks, where you pan for gold, rather than dig deep for veins in the ground and haul it to the surface to be crushed. Bill and Patty Coleman wrote: > > Yes, fascinating. Would you explain what placer mines are? > > At 04:30 PM 10/30/02 -0500, you wrote: > >Actually the Henley Hill deep gold mine was the only one in Moore Co. > >I'm not sure when it played out. It was in use in 1800. > >The ones in Montgomery Co. were placer mines.This is according to the > >book "Gold Mining, North Carolina" by Richard F. Knapp & Brent D. Glass. > >You can get it from the state archives. > >Gold Hill is still in operation (for tourists at least) It is in > >Cabarrus Co. > >There were gold mines in Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Rowan, > >Montgomery, Stanly, Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Gaston & Union Co.'s, NC. As > >the man said it started about 1799. > >I think the gold fever is what caused a lot of the folks in Moore Co. to > >migrate to Montgomery Co. and west. > >Interesting stuff!! > >Sue Ashby > >CC, Moore Co. web page, USGenWeb. > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncmoore/ > > > > > >jus'me wrote: > > > > > > It seems to have begun around 1799. > > > > > > > > http://www.geology.enr.state.nc.us/Gold%20brochure/Gold%20Brochure%2012222000.htm#WHERE%20GOLD%20WAS%20MINED > > > > > > That links to a site that gives a nice overview... : ) > > > > > > tamiz > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Sam_West@ncsip.duke.edu > > > To: NCMOORE-L@rootsweb.com > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 3:55 PM > > > Subject: Re: [NCMOORE] WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE 1830'S AND 1840'S > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > WHen was the gold rush? > > > > > > Sam > > > > > > "jus'me" <tamiz_moon@hotpop.com> on 10/30/2002 03:31:37 PM > > > > > > Please respond to NCMOORE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > > To: NCMOORE-L@rootsweb.com > > > cc: > > > > > > Subject: Re: [NCMOORE] WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE 1830'S AND 1840'S > > > > > > Hi Sam... : ) > > > > > > Could it have had something to do with the Gold Rush? > > > I haven't come across any history of Bladen and Robeson having a mine but > > > Moore Co. definitely did. > > > > > > check this out... > > > > > > tamiz > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Sam_West@ncsip.duke.edu > > > To: NCMOORE-L@rootsweb.com > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 1:49 PM > > > Subject: [NCMOORE] WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE 1830'S AND 1840'S > > > > > > I have documented the migration of several families in western > > Bladen and > > > adjoining eastern Robeson counties into Moore County from the mid > > 1830's > > > to > > > the 1840's. Does anyone know what was the attraction during that time > > > period. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Sam West > > > Lumberton [Robeson Co] NC > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > records, > > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > records, go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > records, go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > Read all about CASA VAMOS!, > a great way to help the poor while > having a wonderful vacation at > www.casavamos.org > > Read all about VAMOS!. Inc. > and our 78 projects > to help the Mexican poor > on our NEWLY REVISED web page at > www.vamos.org.mx > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237