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
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 and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Maryland, Montgomery Parks series list. 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. It can be reached from Lake Ridge Drive 0.1 miles north of Lake Ridge Drive, on the left
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Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 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
Photographed by Allen C. Browne, April 20, 2008
2. Black Hill Gold Mine Marker
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
3. Entrance to the Gold Mine/Bombshelter
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 March 31, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 22, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,346 times since then and 55 times this year. Last updated on March 26, 2025, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 22, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
