The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-28
GEORGIA HAS GOLD
Wonderful Resources OF Undevsl-
.oped Mining Regions.
Tons Of Precious Metal Said to BE Eas.
Ivy AvailabIe-Trsditions Handed
Down Among the Chero-
kee Indians.

gist. on being approached on the sub
ject. spoke of the possibilities of the
production of Georgia gold very high
Y. 1.-The gold in Georgia." said he, lis
In perfectly accessible region. which
makes IL twice as valuable as gold
that might be taken out of California
Or the Black Hills. A mine of enor-
nous richness is OF little value If it
Is in an impenetrable region. The gold
country of Georgia is in a perfect net
work of railways, and the metal can be
found very near the surface. thus MAX
Ing It easily reached by the miner
The water courses that pour down the
hills give the best possible power,
labor is cheap and easily procura Die,
and 1t IS necessary TO transport the
pre- but a short distance. In Califor-
MIA It was frequently necessary TO haul
1t fifty or hundred miles. The value
Of gold is controlled to great extent
by the cost of it's production, and the
pre- in north Georgia, being particular
" decomposed, is worked with great
facility 1t looks as if nature had con-
Bpired to put the enormous amount OF
gold in the hills OF Georgia into the
miners hands"
It has been estimated that the gold
belt of Georgia is about one hundred
miles in 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 a 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
che Cherokee Indians, who once in
habited the northwest portion of
Georgia" he began, assuming reAec-
tive mood, Sin regard TO the vast guam
titles of gold stored away in the old |
red bills Of northern Georgia. There /
was an old chief named Cheynagowab, |
who could tell wonderful stories about |
the richness of the Cherokee gold |
The present location of the Cherokee /
mills was one of the camps of the Span
;sh invaders, who, under the leader
ship of De Soto, invaded Georgia on 1
their way to the Mississippi, and after
ward on their return to Spain related |
wonderful stories about the immense /
richness Of the ore to be found on the |
new continent. Tbs historic Etowah |
river runs through this country, and
the old chief used TO talk great deal /
about the superiority Of the ore to be /
found on the banks of the little creek /
that emptied into the Etowah. The
little creek was of such Importance
that it had several different names,
none of which were at ell suitable.
They called it the Rio Creek Blanket
Creek and the natives would fire.
ouently combine the two, and unite on
Rio Blanket These names were all
derived from a Spanish source, and
the proper appellation was doubtless
Rio Blanquetta.' The Spaniards
struck a 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 Frank
lin, Pasco and Strickland mines.
There was an old mine near these
famous ones which was formerly
worked to one hundred feet below the
water level and in its tine yielded two
hundred dollars per ton. This mine
was situated on the little Blanket
Creek"
5 A well-known mining specialist, in
talking of late discoveries recently, !
said: 1T seems TO be decidedly in the
range of probab ilities that tons of the
precious ore can be taken out of the
existing mines or newly opened veins,
If tho proper machinery is used and
the shafts are sunk deep enough. 1t is
e question OF international Importance
where we may replenish the fast-de- :
creasing supply of the precious metal
when the mines now being worked I
fail. DO not think that government
al aid would be misplaced in opening I
up these valuable lands, but whether
Or not any action Is taken by our gov
ernment, the wonderful resources of :
the Georgia hills cannot long remain {
npdeveloped." '