Reed Gold Mine Underground Tunnel, North Carolina

            Reed Gold Mine, Site of the first documented discovery and the first commercially successful gold mine in the U.S.

In 1799, John Reed’s 12-year-old son found a 17-pound (7.71 Kg) “yellow rock," and for next 3 years, the rock was served as a doorstop.  In 1802 a jeweler identified the gold nugget. He purchased it for the asked price of $3.50, though true value was $3600.

About 1803, John Reed started a small mining operation.   Ultimately, the Reed Mine., yielded an estimated $10 million worth of gold before 1853.  John Reed was a wealthy man when he died in 1845.  Soon the Reed mine was sold at public auction.

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