Office and Hoist of the Gold Hill Copper Co.

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Description

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 picturesque village of shops and homes.

Post Card Series No. 0173 Raphael Tuck & Sons’ (Berlin)

Source:  

Heritage of Rowan County, North Carolina, Volume 1, 1991, edited by Katherine Petrucelli, Salisbury: Genealogical Society of Rowan County, 1991

Sides, Susan Salisbury and Rowan County Charleston, SC: Arcadia, c1999

Historic Gold Hill
http://historicgoldhill.com/

Creator

Theo Buerbaum

Rights

The materials in this collection are made available courtesy of Rowan Public Library for use in research and private study. Images and text may not be used without prior permission from Rowan Public Library, Edith M. Clark History Room.

Original Format

postcard

Citation

Theo Buerbaum, “Office and Hoist of the Gold Hill Copper Co.,” Edith Clark History Room, accessed March 28, 2024, https://edithclark.omeka.net/items/show/81984.

Output Formats

Geolocation