Alabama Gold
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Alabama Gold

A History of the South's Last Mother Lode

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Alabama Gold

A History of the South's Last Mother Lode

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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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Year
2016
ISBN
9781439656617

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Introduction
  10. PART I: THE OLD SOUTHWEST: AMERICA’S FIRST GOLD RUSHES
  11. PART II: SURVIVING THE DEPRESSION : “GRINDING STONE INTO BREAD”
  12. Appendix: An Incomplete List of Hog Mountain Gold Miners
  13. Notes
  14. Bibliography
  15. About the Author