Carolina gold rush, the Glossary
The Carolina gold rush, the first gold rush in the United States, followed the discovery of a large gold nugget in North Carolina in 1799, by a 12-year-old boy named Conrad Reed.[1]
Table of Contents
18 relations: Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Carolina terrane, Columbia, South Carolina, Copper, Cornwall, Gold, Gold nugget, Gold rush, Montgomery County, North Carolina, North Carolina, Philadelphia Mint, Placer mining, Quartz, Reed Gold Mine, Stanly County, North Carolina, Tin, United States, University of South Carolina Press.
- 19th century in North Carolina
- American gold rushes
- History of North Carolina
Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Cabarrus County, from the North Carolina Collection website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Carolina terrane
The Carolina Terrane, also called the Carolina Superterrane or Carolinia, is an exotic terrane running ~ approximately North-South from central Georgia to central Virginia in the United States.
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Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia is the capital city of the U.S. state of South Carolina.
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Copper
Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu and atomic number 29.
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Cornwall
Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.
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Gold
Gold is a chemical element; it has symbol Au (from the Latin word aurum) and atomic number 79.
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Gold nugget
A gold nugget is a naturally occurring piece of native gold.
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Gold rush
A gold rush or gold fever is a discovery of gold—sometimes accompanied by other precious metals and rare-earth minerals—that brings an onrush of miners seeking their fortune.
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Montgomery County, North Carolina
Montgomery County is a rural county located in the southern Piedmont of the U.S. state of North Carolina.
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North Carolina
North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
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Philadelphia Mint
The Philadelphia Mint is a branch of the United States Mint in Philadelphia.
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Placer mining
Placer mining is the mining of stream bed deposits for minerals.
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Quartz
Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide).
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Reed Gold Mine
The Reed Gold Mine is located in Midland, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and is the site of the first documented commercial gold find in the United States. Carolina gold rush and Reed Gold Mine are American gold rushes.
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Stanly County, North Carolina
Stanly County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
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Tin
Tin is a chemical element; it has symbol Sn and atomic number 50.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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University of South Carolina Press
The University of South Carolina Press is an academic publisher associated with the University of South Carolina.
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See also
19th century in North Carolina
- Carolina gold rush
- Great Dismal Swamp maroons
- List of defunct newspapers of North Carolina
American gold rushes
- Alder Gulch
- Black Hills gold rush
- California Gold Rush
- Carolina gold rush
- Confederate Gulch and Diamond City
- Cripple Creek Gold Rush
- Diamond Tooth Lil
- Four Georgians
- Georgia Gold Rush
- Gold Creek (Montana)
- Holcomb Valley
- Klondike Gold Rush
- McNulty rhyolite
- Mount Baker gold rush
- Nome, Alaska
- Pike's Peak gold rush
- Reed Gold Mine
- Sumpter, Oregon
- Vermilion Lake gold rush
History of North Carolina
- 1868 North Carolina railroad bonds scandal
- Battle of Morrisville
- Blackbeard
- CSS Neuse
- Carolina Maneuvers
- Carolina gold rush
- Clement Hall
- Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act
- Dare Stones
- Edenton Tea Party
- Education in North Carolina
- Eugenics Board of North Carolina
- Fayetteville Convention
- Fort Butler (Murphy, North Carolina)
- Fort Hembree
- Green Ramp disaster
- Greene–Jones War
- Hillsborough Convention
- Hillsborough Recorder
- History of North Carolina
- Hocutt v. Wilson
- Hunting Quarters
- James Few
- Jane Hicks Gentry
- June 2019 Southern and Southeastern U.S. flooding
- Kissing Case
- List of newspapers in North Carolina
- Lynching of Eugene Daniel
- Melungeon
- National Capital Presbytery
- North Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1835
- North Carolina in the American Revolution
- Political history of North Carolina
- Pyle's Massacre
- Railway accident on the Bostian Bridge
- Raleigh Sentinel
- Red Shirts (United States)
- Salisbury District, North Carolina
- Shad boat
- State Bank of North Carolina
- State of Franklin
- Synod of the Mid-Atlantic
- The Catawbans (book series)
- The Negro and Fusion Politics in North Carolina, 1894–1901
- Walton War
- Washington District, North Carolina
- Watts Hospital
- William Woods Holden
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_gold_rush
Also known as The Carolina Gold Rush.