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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fatima, post: 1283219, member: 22143&quot;]This is actually pretty old news.&nbsp; Nonetheless, this location is actually in the Charlotte metro area where the nation&#039;s first gold rush began in the very early 1800s.&nbsp;&nbsp; There was a discovery of a 17 lb gold nugget that a farmer near Charlotte was using as a door stop.&nbsp; This led to gold mines all over the city and ironically Bank of America and the former First Union/Wachovia bank HQ skyscrapers are built on top of these abandoned gold mines.&nbsp;&nbsp; (they are sealed up)&nbsp;&nbsp; There are old gold mines all over the area.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This was why the US government opened a Mint in Charlotte which minted gold coins until the Civil War.&nbsp; It was too expensive and dangerous to move all the gold being mined in Charlotte to the main mint in Philadelphia hence the decision to open one in Charlotte.&nbsp;&nbsp; After the Civil War was over, the Charlotte Mint did not resume operations and was turned into a museum.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Reids Gold Mine, where the original 17 lb nugget was found over 200 years ago, is open to the public for tours.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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