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North Carolina Mining Museum: A visit to this area is as educational as it is fun. Students will learn the history of mining in the North Carolina mountains and enjoy exploring a real mine and panning for gems.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Reed Gold Mine (NC Historic Site): Visitors can explore the gold mine and see historical mining equipment, gold ore, and much more at this North Carolina historic site.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Mining for clay: Format: image/photograph

Gem Mountain Gemstone Mines: Along with panning for gemstone, students will learn about gems and the rich mining heritage in North Carolina.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Primary and secondary clays: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 3; The old photograph on the introductory page and Figure 1 show secondary and primary clays being recovered from the earth's crust in North Carolina's Piedmont. Most of the clays used in pottery are secondary, but much brick-making clay and some specialized...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Old Pressley Sapphire Mine: Students can try doing some mining and learn how the rocks and gemstones were formed.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Vulcan Materials Company: Joseph Andres Gutierrez Geology - Earth Science Museum and Education Center: See the museum exhibits on rocks and minerals as well as a rock quarry with large category equipment and an overlook. The center also offers wildlife habitat preservation and environmental education at a number of its quarries across the state.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

A chemical mine near Death Valley, CA: A mine near Death Valley National Park, California. Piles of a white mineral, possibly borax, dominate the front of the mine. Mountains rise in the background. Until 1976, Death Valley National Monument was open to new mining claims, which allowed companies...; Format: image/photograph

The North Carolina Gold Rush: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 6.1; Gold was discovered in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, in 1799, and within a few years, the North Carolina Gold Rush was on. Men arrived in the Piedmont to work in the mines, many of them from Cornwall in England.; Format: article; By Rebecca Lewis.

Brevard Station Museum: This museum provides a collection of interesting stories, facts, recollections, pictures and tidbits relating to the history of Stanley, Gaston County, North Carolina.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Secondary and Primary Piedmont Clays: Format: image/photograph

Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use: A “virtual field trip” through the North Carolina Piedmont and thousands of years of history explains the origin of Piedmont clays and how clay is made into pottery. With high-resolution photographs.; Format: slideshow (multiple pages)

The Charlotte Museum of History: Permanent exhibits in the Charlotte Museum of History include Native American artifacts, representations of the colonial settlers, interactive dioramas of how the town of Charlotte looked in 1775, gold mining, the Civil War, and 2oth century topics. There are also temporary exhibits.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Learning about rocks: In this lesson, students will be engaged in hands-on experiences while they explore rocks.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics and Science); By Debbie Hansman.

View of the Gold Hill works: Format: image/illustration

From the North Carolina Gold-Mine Company: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 6.3; An 1806 report on North Carolina's gold mining region, including notes on geology and a description of the early work of mining. Includes historical commentary.; Format: book; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Map of North Carolina showing the Gold Region (1847): Format: image/map

Hills south of Ensenada, Mexico: A row of tree-covered hills rise behind a low building. Ensenada is a town on the Baja Peninsula of Mexico, south of Tijuana. It is an important shipping and fishing port, and also an important destination for tourist cruise ships. Originally, the town was...; Format: image/photograph

Valley south of Ensenada, Mexico: Thin, small trees fill a valley between tree-covered hills. Ensenada is a town on the Baja Peninsula of Mexico, south of Tijuana. It is an important shipping and fishing port, and also an important destination for tourist cruise ships. Originally, the town...; Format: image/photograph

North Carolina in the New Nation: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the early national period (1790–1836). Topics include the development of state government and political parties, agriculture, the Great Revival, education, the gold rush, the growth of slavery, Cherokee Removal, and battles over internal improvements and reform.; Format: book (multiple pages)

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