Eastern Gold, Part I–The Goodwin Gold Mine and Virginia’s
Feb 11, 2013· And if Virginia’s gold mines shaped the land and the creatures who inhabit it, they toyed with human lives, too. Surely these miners–from the common laborer panning in Pigeon Run to the owners who invested fortunes in hopes of wild payouts–dreamed of easy money, of striking it rich, but few, if any, ever did.
