Moore County North Carolina

MINES:

Bell Mine - produced lode gold.

Brown Mine - on the northwest edge of the District on the road from Moffitt's to Richardson's Mill, produced lode gold.

Burns Mine - .5 miles south of the Cagle Mine.

Cagle Mine - 3 miles southeast of Brown Mine and near the east edge of belt on the east side of Cabin Creek.

Clegg Mine - .25 miles west of the Cagle Mine on the west side of Cabin Creek. The gold worked by open cuts can be picked and shoveled out.

Grampusville Mine - 3 miles southwest of the Bell.

SUGGESTED PROSPECTING AREAS:

Cabin Creek - west side of Cabin Creek. The gold worked by open cuts can be picked and shoveled out. Gold occurs in veins and placers. The Huronian Belt, gold ore occurs in 2 belts, one 10 miles northwest of Carthage and 1/4 mile west of Red Sandstone. The second is 8 miles further west in the Northwest part of the County and is probably connected with the most eastern of the Montgomery county belts.