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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.
Dahlonega Consolidated Gold Mine. February 27, 1980 : Northeast of Dahlonega Dahlonega: 5 ... GA 9, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of the junction with GA 52
Dahlonega is a small north Georgia town about 30 miles south of the Chattahoochee National Forest. It's home to the Consolidated Gold Mine , the Military Leadership Center, and plenty of holiday ...
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] Dahlonega is located at ...
The land covered by Brazil’s illegal gold mines more than doubled in the 10 years to 2023, to 220,000 hectares – an area larger than Greater London. No-one knows how many women work in this ...
Mine name County Years active Battle Branch Mine: Lumpkin County: 1831 to Calhoun Mine: Lumpkin County: 1828 to 1941 [1] Consolidated Gold Mine: Lumpkin County: 1828 to 1906 Crisson Mine: Lumpkin County: 1847 to 1980s Franklin-Creighton Mine: Cherokee County: 1832 to 1913 Free Jim Mine: Lumpkin County: Loud Mine: White County: Sixes mine ...