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Southeast, North Carolina
Cotton Patch Gold Mine, New London NC
Gold ground Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
GoldPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain).
Why this spot
A Uwharrie-region fee gold mine where you sluice and pan for real Carolina placer gold.
Commercial fee-dig locality.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Working dig site
follow the operator's rulesWatch footing and sun.
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