Around 1805, only a few years after Conrad’s discovery, newspapers began reporting on gold-mining activities and people coming into the area to search for gold. William Thornton, of Baltimore, Maryland, designer of the United States Capitol, was one of these seekers. After learning of the gold, he purchased thirty-five thousand acres of land in Montgomery (now Stanly) County and formed the North Carolina Gold Mine Company. By 1806, investors in this company included a former governor of Maryland and the treasurer of the United States.
–“The North Carolina Gold Rush,”
Rebecca Lewis
What does this passage suggest about the discovery of gold in North Carolina?
The gold rush brought many different kinds of people to the state.
The gold rush resulted in many people from North Carolina moving to other states.
The gold rush attracted only unskilled laborers to the state.
The gold rush had little effect on population changes in North Carolina.