Clog Heroes, Your Goldvein, VA Plumber in Virginia's Gold Country
Clog Heroes looks after plumbing, drain and sewer needs in Goldvein, Fauquier County. Goldvein used to be called Grove Church. Then again, the Virginia gold belt runs right through this corner of Fauquier, so the new name was hard to argue with.
Every one of the 491 homes in the 22720 ZIP is a detached house, and the median one was built in 1990. Our technician comes to understand yours, explain the fix and agree a written price with you up front.
Gold Mining, Then and Now
Between 1810 and 1940, gold was mined at 15 sites within a few miles of here. One of the bigger ones, the Franklin Gold Mine, opened in 1825 with a 300-foot shaft and a stamp mill, and it turned out about $1.2 million in gold before the Civil War.
Fauquier County calls the Gold Mining Camp Museum at Monroe Park the state's official Gold Mining Interpretive Center. It's the only museum in Virginia devoted entirely to gold and gold mining.
Monroe Park on Gold Dust Parkway
Find it on Gold Dust Parkway, just off U.S. Route 17. Visitors learn how gold was mined in the 1800s and can pan for a little themselves.
The park stands on 14 acres given by Pat and Thelma Monroe. Along with the gold and gem sluice, there's a playground, sports fields, a quarter-mile paved trail and the Prospector Pavilion.