Silver Hill, North Carolina
Unincorporated community
Silver Hill is located in North Carolina
Silver Hill
Silver Hill
Location within the state of North Carolina
Coordinates: 35°42′22.71″N 80°12′25.16″W / 35.7063083°N 80.2069889°W / 35.7063083; -80.2069889
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyDavidson
Elevation
[1]
692 ft (211 m)
Time zoneEastern (EST)
 • Summer (DST)EDT
GNIS feature ID1024302[1]

Silver Hill is a populated place in Davidson County, North Carolina, United States.

History

Since the discovery in 1838 of silver, lead and zinc, these metals were mined at the Washington mine within the area in Davidson County.[2][3] It was one of the only silver mines in North Carolina.

The company that owned the mine was known as the "Washington Mining Company" and then the "Silver Hill Mining Company"; it was largely controlled by a group of New York investors who also controlled the company town where workers and their families lived.[4] During the American Civil War, lead from the mine was used to manufacture Confederate bullets.[5]

The historic Beck's Reformed Church Cemetery is located within the town.

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Silver Hill, North Carolina
  2. ↑ Hand book of North Carolina: embracing historical and physiographical sketches of the state, with statistical and other information relating to its industries, resources and political condition (Google eBook) (Raleigh News Steam Book and Job Print, 1879), pg. 128
  3. ↑ Report of the geological survey of North Carolina: Vol. I. Physical geography, resumé, economical geology (Google eBook) (J. Turner, State printer and binder, 1875), pg. 289
  4. ↑ Charles C. Bolton, Poor Whites of the Antebellum South: Tenants and Laborers in Central North Carolina and Northeast Mississippi, (Duke University Press, 1994), 35-36.
  5. ↑ Robert J "Bob" Schabilion, Down the Crabtree, (AuthorHouse, 2009), pg. 99
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