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Durfee Hill Gold Mine, Glocester, Providence County, RI
Durfee Hill Gold Mine was near the northern reaches of the Ponagansett Reservoir in Glocester, RI at Latitude 41.88498, Longitude -71.74229. It was an underground operation. (http://www.minecache.com/showdetails/10201948). According to http://mines.findthedata.com/d/s/Rhode-Island, it was a single-pit underground mine operated by Durfee Hill Mines Ltd Partnership, and is currently abandoned.

History
In the nineteenth century, the Durfee Hill area was prospected and "...attempts were undertaken to recover gold in the area ," (http://www.glocesterri.org/CompPlan-5Yr-2008.pdf). The aforementioned document notes a dubious oral history of a man named Walton who began to mine the area in the eighteenth century.

The Walton Mining and Smelting Company (https://books.google.com/books?id=rbk4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PR4&lpg=PR4&dq=ponaganset+mining+and+smelting+company&source=bl&ots=R9vjyolzCo&sig=_WNTKQ58JjqGoRxEu35CviV25tQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwin6_2S-PTNAhUBKh4KHU6VDMEQ6AEIKzAC#v=onepage&q=ponaganset%20mining%20and%20smelting%20company&f=false)incorporated by act of General Assembly on May 28th, 1874.

Durfee Hill Mines LTD Partnership was incorporated on July 29,1980. (http://ucc.state.ri.us/CorpSearch/CorpSearchSummary.asp?ReadFromDB=True&UpdateAllowed=&FEIN=000049225) Per Minecache.com, the last current status date was 08/21/1981.

The area is currently residential.

According to MinDat.org, accessed on 7/15/2016, the shaft has been filled in.(http://www.mindat.org/loc-6781.html)