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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.
The Philadelphia Mint received more than half a million dollars in gold from Georgia in 1832. [3]: 28 The state of Georgia held the Gold Lottery of 1832 and awarded land, which had been owned by the Cherokee, to the winners in 40-acre (16-hectare) tracts. The Philadelphia Mint received $1,098,900 in gold from Georgia between 1830 and 1837.
The biggest concentration of gold was found in White, Lumpkin, and northern Cherokee counties in Georgia. The gold in the Georgia Gold Belt was close to 24 karat (100%) purity. Most of the gold was found in eroded rock and mixed in with quartz. Besides placer deposits of gold, and gold bearing quartz in weathered rock, gold also occurs in ...
Gold mines by Georgia's County are listed in "Geology of the Greater Atlanta Region," Bulletin 96, Georgia Geological Survey, Atlanta, 1984, Keith I. McConnell and Charlotte E. Abrams. Approximately 135 mines are listed. Gold mines by Georgia's County are also listed in "A Preliminary Report on a Part of the Gold Deposits of Georgia,"1896
In 1969, the owners of Crisson Mine opened to the public to allow tourists to pan for gold. The ore sold for panning is still crushed by the stamp mill, which is now well over 100 years old. It is likely that panning the ore provided at the mine will yield small amounts of gold (flakes, specks, small nuggets).
Within Japan recreational gold fossicking can be carried out in Hokkaido, Yamanashi and Michinoku. [4] Within Hokkaido, placer gold can be found in the Usotan River, the Peichian River, the Yūbari River, and the Rekifune River. [5] The traditional gold pan used in Japan is a rectangular concave shaped pan called the Yuri-ita (揺り板). [6]
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The Sixes Mine is a group of former gold placer mines in the Georgia Gold Belt. They are near Sixes in Cherokee County, Georgia , United States, located off Bell's Ferry Road, south of Canton, Georgia .