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Another view of the Office, Hoist, and Gold Mill. Raphael Tuck & Sons’ Postcard Series No. 0173 “Salisbury, NC”Historic Gold Hillhttp://historicgoldhill.com/

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Gold was first discovered here in 1842.  Over the next fourteen years, production at the various mines totaled two million dollars.  The mines produced less and less and ceased operations at the beginning of the Civil War.  Gold Hill is now a…

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Hoist and office of Gold Hill Copper Company.  The hoist house was directly over the 750 foot deep Randolph shaft, the deepest gold mine shaft in the south.  In the 1850s over 300 hands worked in the mines at Gold Hill. Post Card Series No. 0173 –…
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