The Reed Gold Mine, located in Midland, North Carolina is the site of the first documented gold find in the United States. The town of Midland is located in southern Cabarrus County in North Carolina, in the south-central portion of the state, in the region known as the Piedmont. ... State nickname: Tar Heel State Other U.S. States Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Governor Michael Easley Official languages English Area 139,509 km² (28th)  - Land 126,256 km²  - Water 13,227 km² (9. ... General Name, Symbol, Number Gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11 (IB), 6, d Density, Hardness 19300 kg/m3, 2. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ...

In 1799, Conrad Reed, the son of farmer and former Hessian soldier John Reed (nee Johannes Reith), found a large yellow rock in Little Meadow Creek on the family farm in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. For three years, the rock served as a doorstop. In 1802, a jeweler in Fayetteville identified the rock as a gold nugget and purchased it from John Reed for $3.50. The nugget's true value was, in all likelihood, over $3000. 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... In mathematics, the Hessian matrix of a function of several real variables is the (symmetric) matrix of all second partial derivatives. ... Cabarrus County is a county located in the south-central part of the state of North Carolina. ... Fayetteville is a city located in Cumberland County, North Carolina. ... Nugget can refer to: Gold nugget Chicken nugget Nuggets the garage rock album This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

About 1803, John Reed organized a small gold mining operation. A 28-pound nugget was discovered not long afterward. Placer mining continued for a number of years, and underground mining began in 1831. The last underground mining activity at the Reed occurred in 1912. The last large nugget uncovered by placer mining was discovered in 1896. A sluice box used in placer mining Placer mining (pronounced plass-er) is a open-pit or open-cast form of mining by which certain valuable minerals are extracted from the earth without tunneling. ...

John Reed died wealthy in 1845. Some years later, the American Civil War caused activity at the mine to decrease. The American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the United States – forces coming mostly from the 23 northern states of the Union – and the newly-formed Confederate States of America, which consisted of 11 southern states that had declared their secession. ...

Today, the mine site is a state historic site, and is open to the public. Visitors can tour a museum with extensive information about North Carolina gold mining, and can walk through several hundred feet of restored mine tunnels.