Jamestown Gold Mines: A Century of Prospecting and Ruins
The Jamestown area in Guilford County has a long mining history with mines like the McCulloch and North State Gold Mine. A 1834 rock house with a slave-labor kiln and a 75 foot smokestack still frame the ruins, while later efforts included the Gardner Hill Mine and the North State Copper and Gold Mining Co In 1937 the Lantham venture failed and a relic map resurfaced linking to Civil War era operations.
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Jamestown
Guilford
High Point
Kivett Drive
McCulloch
Guilford County
North State
Charles G. Mann
Piedmont North Carolina
Mann
North State Copper and Gold Mining Co
Lindsey
Deep River
J. E. Lantham
Greensboro
Gardner Hill
Lantham Co
Buddy
W. L. Burns Jr
Sedgefield
Burns
Tennessee Mining and Copper Co
Ruins of the Rock House Highlight Historic Gold Mining Era
The old rock house near Kivett Drive and the superhighway stands as ruins in the woods. Built by slave labor and completed in 1834, it sits on land owned by County Commissioner W. G. Ragsdale Jr. The massive 75 foot tower marks the once prosperous mining period.
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Sioner
W. G. Ragsdale Jr
Copper Creek
Chile
Eleizer
Kivett Drive
Hillside Drive
Thomasville
N. C
Miss Davis
Reid S. Davis
Reuben Allred In Lifetime Search For Gold In Guilford
Reuben Allred of Bales Memorial Church Road near Guilford County pursues a lifelong mine quest. He recalls a family legacy in Guilford County gold mining and tells legends of the Deep River and Lindsey mines, ghost stories, a rock house, and a dare involving a silk dress atop a smoke stack. He says he has never panned more than about 125 dollars in a lifetime and believes modern capital could revive the old mines for substantial returns.
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Frank Warren
Reuben Allred
Guilford County
Bales Memorial Church Road
Kivett Drive
Rube
Montgomery County
Waughtown
Winston - Salem
Deep River
Guilfred
Confederacy
Wilmington
Reuben Alfred
Reuben
Jamestown
Deep River Mine
Rock House
Copper Creek
Lindsey
North State
ST Ee
Doubting Thomases Convinced By Gold In Woods
Dick Rigby recounts a curious gold mine tale that starts as a lark and ends with a small visible nugget. The journey features a local lad named Turkey and a guide named Rube Alfred who reveal the mines amid a former trash dump and a few confirmed signs of gold.
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Charlie Durham
Rube Alfred
Rock House
Rube
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Enterprise
Sir Taste Coldlasian
Oakdale Cotton Mill
Turkey
Durham
Dick Rigby
Radio & TV
Bridges Street
Thomases
Nell Davis
Hammond Organ Studios
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