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Alabama Gold: A History of the South's Last Mother Lode

Alabama Gold: A History of the South's Last Mother Lode

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ISBN10: 1467135984
ISBN13: 9781467135986
Publisher: History Press
Published: Jul 11 2016
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
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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