Boyds in Montgomery County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Black Hill Gold Mine

Photographed By Allen C. Browne, April 20, 2008

1. Black Hill Gold Mine Marker

Inscription. Several pits for the mining of gold formerly existed in Black Hill Regional Park. A result of gold mining fever in Montgomery County between 1850 and 1950. In this open pit extraction site, miners used simple picks and shovels. Ore containing gold was rarely found in this vicinity However, since the Appalachian gold belt passes through Maryland to the west at Great Falls on the Potomac River. In 1947, George Chadwick of Washington Grove purchased this property for a summer retreat and named it Gold Mine Farm. In the 1950s, Mr. Chadwick installed a cement floor and converted the mine temporarily to a bomb shelter. M-NCPCC purchased the property in 1965.

Erected by Montgomery County Parks Commission, Department of Parks.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1850.

Location. 39° 11.793′ N, 77° 17.508′ W. Marker is in Boyds, Maryland, in Montgomery County. Marker can be reached from Lake Ridge Drive, 0.1 miles north of Lake Ridge Drive, on the left when traveling north. The marker is in the yard of the Black Hill Regional Park office in what was previously George Chadwick's house. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 20926 Lake Ridge Drive, Boyds MD 20841, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within

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3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. To Honor the Memory of George A, (Jay) Chadwick Jr. (within shouting distance of this marker); Welcome to our Earthbench (approx. 0.3 miles away); Waters' Mill (approx. half a mile away); Railway Bed (approx. 1.6 miles away); Reflections of Old Germantown (approx. 1.9 miles away); Liberty Mill (approx. 1.9 miles away); The Germantown Bank (approx. 1.9 miles away); Dowden's Ordinary: The Elephant Comes to Clarksburg (approx. 2.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boyds.

Also see . . . There Was Gold in That Black Hill. Posted by Susan Soderberg on the Germantown Patch (Submitted on August 22, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.)

Photographed By Allen C. Browne, April 20, 2008

2. Black Hill Gold Mine Marker

Entrance to the Gold Mine/Bombshelter image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Allen C. Browne, April 20, 2008

3. Entrance to the Gold Mine/Bombshelter

Gold Bearing Rock image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Allen C. Browne, March 21, 2012

4. Gold Bearing Rock

Schist with quartz veins of the Appalachian Gold Belt inside the Gold Mine.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 22, 2019. It was originally submitted on August 22, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 811 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 22, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.