Historical Markers in Goldvein, Virginia

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Historical Markers in Goldvein, Virginia

1 ► Virginia, Fauquier County, Goldvein — Assay Office — The Gold Mining Process —

After the gold was loosened from the ore, you would have taken a sample into the assay office. Inside, an assay would use various methods to determine its purity and value. As an assayer, your work would have been among . . . — — Map (db m196690) HM

2 ► Virginia, Fauquier County, Goldvein — F-18 — Goldvein —

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 . . . — — Map (db m2730) HM

3 ► Virginia, Fauquier County, Goldvein — Hornet Balls — The Gold Mining Process —

These hollow spheres were called bornet balls. Chances are, they crushed chunks of ore into pebbles. But be exact way Fauquier County's gold miners used them remains a bit of a mystery. The most likely use of the hornet . . . — — Map (db m196732) HM

4 ► Virginia, Fauquier County, Goldvein — Mess Hall — The Gold Mining Museum —

Many of the Old Dominion’s gold mines had mess balls that provided good, filling meals. After dinner, you could have stayed in the mess hall for a bit and relaxed with your fellow miners. Cooks in the mining camps would . . . — — Map (db m196696) HM

5 ► Virginia, Fauquier County, Goldvein — Monroe Park —

In honor of H.P. ‘Pat’ & Thelma Monroe The original dreamers who generously donated the land for Monroe Park S.W. Rodgers Co., Inc. The community minded people who moved the earth to form Monroe Park Ruppert Landscape Co. . . . — — Map (db m2258) HM

6 ► Virginia, Fauquier County, Goldvein — Welcome to the Gold Mining Camp Museum — The Official Gold Mining Interpretive Center for the Commonwealth of Virginia — The Gold Mining Museum —

Here at Monroe Park, you can see how many of Virginia's Depression Era gold mines operated and how miners lived. This camp is re-created based on actual 1930s mining camp layouts, so it was not an actual gold mine. Here you will see buildings where . . . — — Map (db m196777) HM

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