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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fatima, post: 1149781, member: 22143&quot;]The Gold Rush in NC was centered around and in present day Charlotte which isn&#039;t that far from Reid&#039;s mine where that nugget was found. There were numerous gold mines all through the downtown Charlotte area where coincidently, (and maybe ironically) the current Bank of America and former First Union/Wachovia headquarters skyscrapers are located.&nbsp; Some of the tunnels for the mines are still there but are sealed up due to the danger of going into them.&nbsp; The Charlotte and Georgia gold rush era lasted for several decades but was eventually overshadowed by the one in California in 1849.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There was a great deal of gold mined in Charlotte, enough where the US Mint opened a branch where gold coins were minted until the beginning of the Civil War.&nbsp; When NC seceded from the USA, the Mint facilities were taken over by the Confederates who used the gold to fund the war effort.&nbsp; After the war, the Mint did not re-open and was eventually turned into a museum that is still open today.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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