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"Thar's gold in them thar hills": Gold and gold mining in Georgia, 1830s-1940s
selected legal, financial, and promotional documents as well as photographs and picture postcards that represent episodes of renewed interest in gold mining in Lumpkin County during Reconstruction, at the turn of the century, and during the Depression from the Chestatee Regional Library System
More About This Collection
Date of Original
1830/1949
Subject
Boyd, Weir, 1820-1893
Dahlonega (Ga.)--History
Dahlonega Branch Mint
Gold industry--Georgia
Gold mines and mining--Georgia--Lumpkin County
Gold mines and mining--Georgia--Dahlonega
Gold mines and mining--Georgia--Auraria
Mines and mineral resources--Equipment and supplies--Georgia--Dahlonega
Mining leases--Georgia--Lumpkin County
Rider Mine
Findley Mill
Findley Gold Mining Company of Georgia
Lockhart Mine
Yahoola River and Cane Creek Hydraulic Hose Mining Company
Consolidated Mines
Phoenix Gold Mining Company
Dahlonega Consolidated Mining Company
Dahlonega Gold Mining and Milling Company
Location
United States, Georgia, Lumpkin County, Auraria, 34.47454, -84.02324
United States, Georgia, Lumpkin County, Dahlonega, 34.53259, -83.98491
United States, Georgia, Paulding County, 33.92055, -84.86729
United States, Georgia, White County, 34.64636, -83.74711
Medium
accounts
administrative records
affidavits
articles of incorporation
checks
correspondence
decisions
exchange media
financial records
government records
indentures
invitations
judicial records
legal documents
legal instruments
letters (correspondence)
memorandums
negotiable instruments
photographs
picture postcards
postcards
promissory notes
prospectuses
receipts (financial records)
records (documents)
stock certificates
texts (document genres)
visual works
Type
Still Image, Text
Description
"Thar's Gold in Them Thar Hills": Gold and Gold Mining in Georgia, 1830s-1940s consists of selected legal, financial, and promotional documents as well as photographs and picture postcards that represent episodes of renewed interest in gold mining in Lumpkin County during Reconstruction, at the turn of the century, and during the Depression. Culled from three archival collections at the Lumpkin County Library of the Chestatee Regional Library System, the selected textual materials cover the late 1830s through the early 1940s, but focus primarily on the period between Reconstruction and the turn of the twentieth century. By contrast, the photographs and postcards depict mining methods employed from the 1900s through the 1940s along the Chestatee River, at the Findley Mill, and at the Lockhart Mine. Correspondence to Dahlonega attorney Weir Boyd documents the activities of the Rider Mine (1868-1883), the Yahoola and Cane Creek Hydraulic Mining Company (1868-1883), the Consolidated Mines (1879-1882), and the Phoenix Gold Mining company (1891-1892). In-depth descriptions of mining operations and techniques are found within the prospectuses of the Dahlonega Consolidated Gold Mining Company, the Dahlonega Gold Mining and Milling Company, and the Findley Gold Mining Company of Georgia. In addition, Memoranda of deposit from 1838 to 1905 document the Branch Mints in Dahlonega and Charlotte (N.C.). As these materials focus on the period after the Civil War, there is scant mention of area Native Americans, or the Cherokee Removal ("Trail of Tears"). The site also includes an essay of Georgia gold history, a bibliography, and lists of selected websites and related archival materials.
Language
eng
Holding Institution
Chestatee Regional Library System
Lumpkin County Library
Rights
