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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

Hardcover

Technology & EngineeringGeneral PhotographyRegional: South

Publisher Price: $31.99

ISBN10: 1531698778
ISBN13: 9781531698775
Publisher: Arcadia Lib Ed
Published: Jul 11 2016
Pages: 178
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
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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