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Haile Gold Mine - OU0AE4
Gold Mine Historic Marker
Owner: ithink314
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Altitude: m. ASL.
 Region: United States > South Carolina
Cache type: Virtual
Size: No container
Status: Ready for Search
Time required: 0:07 h    Distance to travel: 3.14 km
Date hidden: 2017-12-18
Date created: 2017-12-18
Date published: 2017-12-18
Last modification: 2017-12-18
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Available in Winter  Snakes  Ticks  Dangerous  Thorns  Stealth Required  Listed on OCNA Only  Quick Cache  Historic Site 

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Description EN

When I visited the Welsh Station / Kershaw Depot in Kershaw, SC, I saw a sign for Haile Gold Mine at the station, and thought it was something interesting. On the way out of town, heading northeast to a couple other OCUS virtuals, I was surprised to see the actual, very large site of Haile Gold Mine. I didn't stop, and in fact was very careful to maintain steady speed and smooth control of my car, because I had a police car behind me on my way along Gold Mine Highway (601), and I ain't from around here. Later I was pleased to learn this gold mine has a long and interesting history, and has actually recently re-opened, although under non-US ownership of OceanaGold Corporation (OceanaGold), a Canadian-Australian firm producing gold and copper.

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References:

https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=23908

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kershaw,_South_Carolina

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_mining_in_the_United_States#South_Carolina

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OceanaGold#United_States

 

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