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The nation's first gold rush occurred in North Carolina in 1799, when a 12-year-old boy named Conrad Reed discovered a large gold nugget on his father's farm in Cabarrus County. This discovery sparked a significant interest in gold mining, leading to the establishment of the first gold mine in the United States. Although it was overshadowed later by the California Gold Rush in 1849, North Carolina's gold rush laid the foundation for the American gold mining industry.

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