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The South Mountain Belt is one of the most productive gold mining areas of North Carolina. The gold bearing region contains about 300 square miles of land, and panning for gold can be successful in practically all of the streams of this area. MINES. Brindleton Placer Mine is located 13 miles southwest of Morganton in the South Mountain region. It was worked as early as 1828, and by 1916, this .