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Example of a wooden trestle used to transport water used in the gold mining process

Illustrations showing the new mining technologies of the early 1830s. The “hollow gum” (fig. 18) and inclined plane (fig. 19) allowed larger amounts of gravel to be washed while catching the particles of gold.

U.S. legislation that forced all Native Americans living east of the Mississippi to abandon their homes and relocate to “Indian Territory,” which eventually became the state of Oklahoma. The relocation process and path became known as the "Trail…

Land grant of 40 acres won by James Orr Sr.

Land grant in the 1832 Gold Lottery under Governor Charles J. McDonald, dated June 1, 1843, for 40 acres in 12th District of the 1st Section of Cherokee County, #125

This particular entry documents the motions brought up during this particular meeting. The Stephenson Gold Mining Company, Dahlonega, Georgia, incorporated in September 1861. One of many new mining companies formed around the onset of the Civil War,…

Letter from a captain in the US Army to a Mr James Howell, in charge of the US Branch Mint at Dahlonega requesting that Howell take a complete inventory of the machinery left in the Mint

Map showing the locations of gold placers and the route of an aqueduct owned by Nacoochee Hydraulic Mining Company, which was established in 1857

Selection from a map of Georgia counties highlighting Lumpkin County, which became populated in part due to the Georgia Gold Rush. Dahlonega and Auraria are two important cities in the history of the Georgia Gold Rush.

Map of the Lumpkin County region of Georgia, showing the Gold Belt and elevated placers highlighted in yellow and a possible route for an aqueduct