THE STORY
Reported Haunting
Reed Gold Mine in Midland, North Carolina, is famously tied to the grim legend of a neighboring 19th-century woman named Eleanor Mills, who reportedly fell down her home stairs after an argument with her husband. Panicked by the tragedy and unable to silence what folklore claims was her still-screaming corpse, her husband allegedly concealed the body at the bottom of a nearby mine shaft. Today, visitors and paranormal investigators report hearing her disembodied, echoes of screams vibrating from deep within the abandoned, dark underground tunnels.
It all started in 1799 when Mr. Reed’s son struck gold in Meadow Creek on the family homestead, and Reed Gold Mine was born. It is said to be haunted by Eleanor Mills, a neighbor od the Reeds in the 1800s. Eleanor and her husband Eugene were quarreling when she tripped and fell down the stairs, which killed her instantly, unbeknownst to Eugene, who had just left the house. When Eugene came home several hours later, he found her body, and as legend has it, it was still screaming at him. Frightened Eugene dumped her body down a mine shaft to quell the noise, and witnesses still heard the voices coming from the shaft for years after that.