THE CHOWAN HERALD
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North Carolina's Gold First In America
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Believe it .or aot the first
gold discovered in North
Carolina was ;the first in
America. •
The date was 1799, and the
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INSPECT CAST—Tom Norton, site manager at Reed Gold Mine Sate Historic Site near
Georgeville, looks at a cast of the last big gold nugget found at the Reed Mine. Mrs. Inez
Helms is the granddaughter of Jacob L. Shinn, who discovered the 22 pound nuggett in April
of 1896.
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Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, May 4, 1978
[dace a smidgen down the
road from here. That
discovery and the history of
gold in North Carolina and
the United States is
masterfully shown at the
Reed Gold Mine State
Historic Site. The site is
located 25 miles from
Charlotte and 15 miles from
Concord.
Gold has been called the
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GREENVILLE
Seventeen outstanding
students in the East
Carolina University School
of Technology were initiated
into ECU’s Beta Mu chapter
of Epsilon Pi Tau honor
society at its recent 15th
annual Spring Banquet.
The 17 are majoring in
industrial and technical
education at ECU, and were
selected for membership on
the basis of academic
achievement and demon
stration of potential
development of Epsilon Pi
Tau's three precepts: skill,
social and professional
efficiency, and research.
Among the students
initiated was Michael Hall,
114 Morris Circle, Edenton.
“eternal metal” because it
will not erode or tarnish.
The visitor center shows its
value through imaginative
displays such as old safes.
There is one display of
tobacco and furs being
exchanged for gold. Old
machinery used in gold
mining can be seen.
A display shows gold coins
that were made in North
Carolina. Through in
teresting exhibits, the many
uses of gold are shown, such
as for medicine and elec
tronics.
John Reed came to
America in 1778 as a
Hessian soldier and settled
in North Carolina to be near
fellow Germans.
He probably would not be
remembered if his son,
Conrad, hadn’t played
hooky from church one
Sunday in 1799. Conrad
went fishing in Little
Meadow Creek and spotted
a yellow object in the water.
The discovery gold
weighed roughly 17 pounds.
It was used as a doorstop for
three years. A jeweler in
Fayetteville told Reed the
metal was gold in 1802, and
Reed asked $3.50 for the
nugget. The merchant,
whose name is now
unknown, was more than
glad to pay $3.50, and he
received roughly $3,600
worth of gold.
No one knows how much
gold was taken from North
Carolina, but it has been
estimated at some $25 to
SIOO-million worth.
“Placer” or creek gold
mining gave way to un
derground mining around
1825. The gold seekers then
went underground.
How was gold found back
in those days? “It was
strictly pick, shovel and gun
powder”, says site manager
Tom Norton.
Pick marks are visible a&
visitors are gutted through'
part of the mine. It is in
teresting to note that the
veins run southwest to
northeast, the same as the
Appalachian Mountains.
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A complete tour takes a
little over two hours. A
stamp mill is scheduled to
open either in the spring or
summer. Ore is crushed
here and then send to the
concentrating table.
The roofs of the visitor
center and the stamp mill
are shaped to let in a
maximum amount of light,
so the gold can be seen
better.
A slave named Peter on
the Reed farm found the
largest nugget in 1803 in
Little Meadow Creek. It
weighed 28 pounds.
Mrs. Inez Helms of
nearby Georgeville
knows about the
“discoveries” around the
Reed Mine Site. Her
grandfather, Jacob L.
Shinn, found the last big
nugget here in April, 1896.
This one weighed 22 pounds.
A cast of the nugget can be
seen by visitors, so they can
appreciate the size of such a
hunk of gold.
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Council Meeting Minutes
The Town Council of the Town
of Edenton met this day in
special session at 5:30 P.M. at
the Municipal Building.
Members present: Mayor
Roy L. Harrell; Jesse L.
Harrell; E.G. Burroughs;
Harry A. Spruill, Jr.; and Allen
L. Homthal.
Mayor Harrell called the
meeting to order and the bids
for the curb and gutter work on’
North Granville Street were
discussed. Motion by Coun
cilman Jesse Harrell, seconded
by Councilman Homthal and
unanimously carried that Rose
Brothers Construction Co., the
low bidder, be awarded the
contract on North Granville
Street curb and gutter in the
amount of $94,695.00, plus
engineering. This project is a
Chowan High
PTA Meet Set
The Chowan High School
P.T.A. will meet for its final
meeting of the school year
on May 4at 7;30 P.M.
Business to be discussed is
the fund raising chicken
supper. Tickets will be given
out for sale at the meeting.
Dr. John Dunn will speak
to the group.
All parents and interested
persons are invited to at
tend.
result of a petition dated Oc
tober 5, 1977, and a resolution
directing the project be un
dertaken dated December 13,
1977.
The Council then discussed
the procedure to be followed on
the purchase of property in the
Community Development Area
if the property owner did not
accept the offer to purchase, ft
was decided that the property
owner would be requested to
notify the community
Development Director in
writing as to what their decision
might be as to price,
rehabilitation, method of
payment, etc. The Mayor then
appointed a committee of Jesse
L. Harrell, Harry A. Spruill,
and Administrator WJ. Gard
ner to act as a committee of the
Council to meet individually
with the property owners and to
discuss their proposals or ob
jections and to make recom
mendations to the Council.
Motion by Councilman
Spruill, seconded by Coun
cilman Homthal and
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unanimously carried directing
the Mayor to sign an agreement
with Norfolk Southern Railway
Co., concerning the con
struction and maintenance of an
eight inch water pipeline
crossing in the Town of
Edenton.
Administrator Gardner in
formed the Council of a meeting
of AADA with Governor Hunt on
May 4, 1978, at 1:00 P.M.
Councilman Spruill and Ad
ministator Garner agreed to
attend.
A discussion was held on the
results of the recent decision of
the N.C. Suprmee Court and
what effect it would have on the
present zoning classification of
the piece of property in
question. Mr. Gardner was
directed to contact the Attorney
General’s Office, League of
Municipalities and the Institute
of Government for their advice.
There being no further
business the meeting ad
journed.
W.B. Gardner
Administrator