Goldvein

Fauquier County · dedicated 1982 · Warrenton Road, approximately 1000 feet south of Gatwick Road

Thomas Jefferson stated in NOTES ON THE STATE OF VIRGINIA (1782) that he found gold bearing rock weighing approximately four pounds near this site. Among the 19 gold mines that have been in operation since then in the area, the Franklin and the Liberty were the most productive with the Franklin producing 6259 ounces of gold as recently as 1936.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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