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Vein Mountain Gold Panning Area

Gold ground Documented siteLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain).

Why this spot

Carolina slate belt placer gold

Part of North Carolina's historic gold region, the nation's first gold rush.

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