Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-02
GOLD MINING IN GEORGIA.
Tons Of Precious Ore said to Be Avail
able--Value OF Some Old Mines.

Tons Of Precious Ore said TO Be Avail.
ablc--value OF Some Old Mines.
Some time ago a prominent geolo.
gist, on being approached on the SUBJ
ject, spoke of the possibilities Of the
production of Georgia gold very high.
w. 1.-THE gold in Georgia." said he,
'is In a perfectly accessible region,
which makes 1t twice as valuable as
gold that might be taken out of Call.
fornia or the Black Hills. mine of
enormous richness Is of little value IL
IL Is In an impenetrable region. The
gold country of Georgia Is In per.
feet network OF railways, and the
metal can he found very near the
surface, thus making It easily reached
by the miner. The water courses
that pour dowr the hills give the
best possible power, labor is cheap
and easily prOcurablc. and IL Is neces.
sary to transport the ore but q short
distance. In California IL was fire..
quentlv necessary to haul IL hfty or
O hundred miles. The vaiue OF gold
Is controlled to great extent by the
cost OF its production, and the ore In
North Georgia, being partially de
composed, Is worked with great III
cility. 1t looks as II nature had con.
spired to put the enormous amount
Of gold In the hills Of Georgia into
the miners hands"
1t has been estimated that the gold
belt OF Georgia Is about 100 miles 10
breadth. The richest sections In this
belt have been found to be In the
counties OF Cherokee, Lumpkin,
White, and Dawson.
A prominent Atlanta capitalist re-
Gently told writer for the Atlanta
Constitution some pretty good stories
about the mines and seems to have
their whole history at his fingers
ends "There have been traditions
handed down for generations among
the Cherokee Indians, who once In.
habited the northwest portion Of
Georgia." he began, assuming o re-
Elective mood, "in regard to the vast
quantities of gold stored away In the
Red Hills Of Northern Georgia There
was an old chief named ChcynagO.
wah, who could tell wonderful stories
about the richness OF Cherokee gold.
The present location Of the Cherokee
mills was one Of the camps Of the
Spanish invaders, who, under the
leadership Of De Soto, invaded
Georgia on their way to the Missis.
sippi, and afterward on their return
to Spain related wonderful stories
about the immense richness OF the
ore to bc found on the new CONT.
nent The historic EtOwah River
runs through this country, and the
old chief used to talk great deal
about the superiority Of the ore to DO
found on the banks Of q little creek
that emptied into the Etowah. The
little creek was Of such importance
that It had several different names,
none of which were ut all suitable.
They called 1t the Rio Creek
Blanket Creek and the natives
would frequently combine the two,
and unite on Rio Blanket These
names werc all derived from Span.
ish source, and the proper appclla.
ton was doubtless Rio Blanquetta.'
The Spaniards struck o trail along
the EtOwah, and, keeping the much.
named stream In sight, proceeded
through the very heart OF the gold
country and passed over the sites Of
the famous Franklin, PascO, and
Strickland mines There was an old
mine near these famous ones which
was formerly worked to 100 feet te.
low the water level and in its time
yielded 500 per ton. This mine was
situated on the little Blanket Creek. {"
A well.knOwn mining specialist In
talking OF late discoveries recently,
said: 1T seems to be decidedly In
the range OF probabilities that tons
Of the precious ore can he taken out
Of the existing mines or newly opened
veinA II the proper machinery 10
used and the shafts are sunk deep
enough. 1t Is q question Of interna.
ti0nal Importance where We may re-
plenish the ast.decrcasing supply Of
the precious metal when tho mines
now being worked fail l do not
think that government aid would be
misplaced In opening up these valu.
able lands. but whether or not any
action Is taken by our Government,
tho wonderful resources OF the
Georgia hills cannot long remain un-
developed"