Alabama Gold

A History of the South’s Last Mother Lode

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Mining, Travel, United States, South, Art & Architecture, Photography, Pictorials, History
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Author: Peggy Jackson Walls ISBN: 9781439656617
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: July 11, 2016
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: Peggy Jackson Walls
ISBN: 9781439656617
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: July 11, 2016
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English

Gold rushes in Cleburne and Tallapoosa Counties attracted thousands of miners years before California's famous strike. In 1936, production at the Hog Mountain mine caused Alabama to be recognized as the top producer in the Appalachian states. In Hog Mountain's heyday, a local German settler discovered the precious metal while digging a wine cellar. In Log Pit, unscrupulous speculators "shot" ore into rock crevices and "salted" nuggets on land to enhance its sale value. A Cleburne County miner cleaned over eleven pounds of gold and was killed in a "free fight" all in one day. Join author Peggy Jackson Walls as she traces a century of gold mining in Alabama.

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Gold rushes in Cleburne and Tallapoosa Counties attracted thousands of miners years before California's famous strike. In 1936, production at the Hog Mountain mine caused Alabama to be recognized as the top producer in the Appalachian states. In Hog Mountain's heyday, a local German settler discovered the precious metal while digging a wine cellar. In Log Pit, unscrupulous speculators "shot" ore into rock crevices and "salted" nuggets on land to enhance its sale value. A Cleburne County miner cleaned over eleven pounds of gold and was killed in a "free fight" all in one day. Join author Peggy Jackson Walls as she traces a century of gold mining in Alabama.

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