York County South Carolina

In the area of Hickory Grove and Smyrna, there is over 50 gold mines along both sides of Routes 5, 97, and 211. There are many varieties of collectible minerals and gemstones, including native gold nuggets.

MINES:

Allison Mine - the mine was worked before 1904 and again in the 1930's for lode gold.

Arrowwood Mine - was a small lode mine.

Bar Kat Mine - was worked in 1895 and had some productive years.

Barnett Mine - was a lode mine.

Big Wilson Mine - was opened in the 1840's, contained lode gold, with copper nuggets.

Bolin Mine - was a lode mine.

Bradley Mine - was a minor lode mine.

Brown Mine - was worked Before 1900, and by 1905 had 1, 600 feet of underground workings.

Campbell Mine - was a lode mine.

Carroll Mine - consisted of free milling gold, with pyrite. It was a productive lode gold mine.

Cassady Mine - was a lode mine.

Castles Mine - contained gold, with pyrite.

Clawson Mine - contained free milling gold with pyrite cubes to 1/2 inch.

Darwin Mine - this mine had some very course gold.

Dickey Mine - was a lode mine.

Dorothy Mine - from 1860 - 1942, it was a productive lode mine.

Ellis Mine - contained gold, with pyrite.

Falkner Mine - was a lode mine.

Ferguson Mine - it was productive before 1904, reworked in the 1930's and reprospected in the 1960's. contained free milling gold, with pyrite.

Hardin Mine - was a lode mine.

Horn Mine - was a lode mine.

Hull Mine - contained gold, with lead.

La Peire Mine - was a lode mine.

Love No.2 Mine - was a lode mine.

Magnolia Mine - contained gold, with malachite.

Martin Mine - was a lode mine, but had some record size gold nuggets.

McCarter Mine - was a lode mine.

McGill Mine - was a lode mine.

Mercer Mine - contained free milling gold.

Parker No. 1 Mine - was a lode mine.

Parker No. 2 Mine - was a lode mine.

Patterson Mine - it was worked quite extensively before 1912 for gold.

Ross Mine - was a productive lode mine.

Schlegelmilch Mine - was a lode mine.

Scoggins Mine - contained gold with pyrite.

Sutton Mine - abundant free milling gold with pyrite.

Thunderbird Mine - contained free milling gold.

Thunderhead Mine - placers discovered in 1961 along a creek on the Ollie Proctor property. You can pan gold to nugget size.

Wallace Mine - was a lode mine.

Whatt Mine - was a small lode mine.

Wilson Mine - was opened in 1840's for lode gold, with native copper nuggets.

Wylie Mine - was a lode mine.

SUGGESTED PROSPECTING AREAS:

Broad River - contains placer gold.

Bullock's Creek - contains placer gold.

Guin Moore's Creek - contains placer gold.

Kings Creek - contains placer gold.

Wolf Creek - contains placer gold.