After the discovery of a 17-pound nugget in Little Meadow Creek, North Carolina, the state became a major hotbed of gold mining as a part of the first American gold rush in 1799. Early ...

A gold mine was running dry — but a North Carolina man held onto hope when ... the focus of the nation’s first gold rush. It operated decades before people flocked to California for that ...

The gold-filled ship started sinking off the North Carolina coast during a hurricane ... The gold, which had been collected during the California Gold Rush, remained in the ocean until treasure ...

The Carolina Gold Rush marks a fascinating chapter in American history that predates the more famous gold rushes of Colorado, California, and Montana. While these mid-19th century events captured the ...

It operated decades before people flocked to California for that state’s gold rush, according to the ... Jacob Shinn held onto hope when he visited a North Carolina gold mine 129 years ago ...