- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Discovery of Gold historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--White County
Gold mines and mining--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, White County, Cleveland, 34.59704, -83.76324
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location Ga. 75 5 1/2 miles north of Cleveland near Duke's Creek
Text of marker: "DISCOVERY OF GOLD. In 1828 gold was discovered here on Duke's Creek, White County, by two people. John Witheroods of North Carolina found a 3-ounce nugget and a Negro servant of Major Frank Logan of Loudsville, Georgia, also discovered gold on the creek. Early discoveries came almost simultaneously as prospectors drifted into Northeast Georgia from the North Carolina diggings. One merchant in the Nacoochee Valley purchased and shipped 1 to 1.5 million dollars worth of gold in a thirty year period. The pits visible along the creek are evidence of recent hydraulic mining. 154-9 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1962" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_discovery-of-gold
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_discovery-of-gold
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
