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The Consolidated Mine was a gold mine in Lumpkin County, Georgia, United States, just east of Dahlonega. Like most of the area around Dahlonega, the placer mining on the land on which the mine is located probably started during the Georgia Gold Rush. By 1880, the placer deposits were exhausted and the land was down to hard rock.
Dahlonega Gold Museum. The Dahlonega Gold Museum Historic Site is a Georgia state historic site located in Dahlonega that commemorates America's first gold rush [1] [2] and the mining history of Lumpkin County. [3] The museum is housed in the historic Old Lumpkin County Courthouse built in 1836 and located in the center of the town square.
Calhoun Mine: Calhoun Mine: November 7, 1973 : 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Dahlonega off GA 60: Dahlonega: National Historic Landmark: 3: Dahlonega Commercial Historic District: Dahlonega Commercial Historic District: April 7, 1983
Dahlonega Gold Museum, Roadside Georgia Archived 2005-11-09 at the Wayback Machine; Mineral Resources of the Blue Ridge & Piedmont; History of Georgia's Gold, Georgia Gold Prospectors Association; The Georgia Gold Rush, Gold Rush Gallery; Georgia Gold Mines, Etc., Goldmaps.com "Gold-Mining in Georgia." Harper's New Monthly Magazine 59, Issue ...
Dahlonega in 1879 Gold-bornite-quartz vein specimen, Dahlonega Mining District. Dahlonega (/ d ə ˈ l ɒ n ɪ ɡ ə / də-LON-ig-ə) is the county seat of Lumpkin County, Georgia, United States. [4] As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 5,242, [5] and in 2018 the population was estimated to be 6,884. [6]
The most profitable veins, in the Dahlonega District, occur in the contact zone between mica-schists and granite or diorite. [2]: 59–61 The discovery of gold in the Georgia Gold Belt in 1828 led to the Georgia Gold Rush. The historic cities of Auraria and Dahlonega were the primary beneficiaries of the gold discovery, and a branch mint of the ...
Instead, he was able to get Joseph Singleton, the head of the Dahlonega Mint, to take legal ownership of the lot while Boisclair maintained de facto control. Boisclair began Gold panning at his mine, and used the gold dust he collected to build the largest general store in Dahlonega, Georgia. [3] The mine came to be known as the Free Jim Mine ...
Consolidated Mine: Dahlonega: Lumpkin: Northeast: Mining: Underground tours of the former gold mine Crawford W. Long Museum: Jefferson: Jackson: Northeast: Medical: website, life and career of Dr. Crawford Long, and his use of sulfuric ether to provide "painless surgery" The Crescent at Valdosta Garden Center: Valdosta: Lowndes: Plantation ...