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2. National Register of Historic Places listings in Lumpkin ...

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   Calhoun Mine: Calhoun Mine: November 7, 1973 : 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Dahlonega off GA 60: Dahlonega: National Historic Landmark: 3: Dahlonega Commercial Historic District: Dahlonega Commercial Historic District: April 7, 1983

3. Dahlonega Gold Museum Historic Site - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. Georgia Gold Rush - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Georgia Gold Belt - Wikipedia

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   The most profitable veins, in the Dahlonega District, occur in the contact zone between mica-schists and granite or diorite. [2]: 59–61 The discovery of gold in the Georgia Gold Belt in 1828 led to the Georgia Gold Rush. The historic cities of Auraria and Dahlonega were the primary beneficiaries of the gold discovery, and a branch mint of the ...

6. List of gold mines in Georgia - Wikipedia

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   Gold mines by Georgia's County are listed in "Geology of the Greater Atlanta Region," Bulletin 96, Georgia Geological Survey, Atlanta, 1984, Keith I. McConnell and Charlotte E. Abrams. Approximately 135 mines are listed. Gold mines by Georgia's County are also listed in "A Preliminary Report on a Part of the Gold Deposits of Georgia,"1896

7. Auraria, Georgia - Wikipedia

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   The first session of the Superior Court of Lumpkin County met in what became known as Dahlonega, Georgia on Aug. 22, 1833. [4]: 60–61 Due to its location and political influence, Dahlonega received a federal mint for gold coins. In 1848, gold was discovered in California. Former Auraria resident Jennie Wimmer, a cook in rural California, was ...