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The first confirmed discovery of #gold in #NovaScotia was made in 1858 at #Mooseland. However, there is reason to believe that gold was found in #NS prior to then - even if in some cases people were unaware of what they had discovered!
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An 1868 book by Alexander Heatherington called “A Practical Guide for Tourists, Miners and Investors, and all Persons interested in the Development of the #Gold Fields of Nova Scotia” discusses examples of potential earlier discoveries.
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Gold may have been sighted as early as 1578 when explorer Sir Humphrey Gilbert was given a patent by Queen Elizabeth to search for #gold and silver in the New World. The patent reserved 20% of any discoveries for the Crown.
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#Mining is part of the fabric of #NovaScotia in ways we don’t always appreciate. For example, this image of a prospector panning for #gold is in the floor of the #Mineville Medical Centre. Many people probably walk over it without being aware of the area’s mining history.
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Indications of #gold in #Mineville were first found by William Crooks. Young William’s father ridiculed him for thinking he had found gold so William threw the rock away.
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A few years later in 1861, amid the excitement of the discovery of #gold in #Tangier, William went back to where he had found the rock and found several nuggets of gold. We now consider this the discovery of gold in #Mineville.
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