Dahlonega Consolidated Gold Mine - Dahlonega, GA.
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Consolidated Gold Mine in Dahlonega was the site of America’s first gold rush. Located east of Dahlonega on US 19.
Waymark Code: WM2F73
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/23/2007
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CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINES
One mile southeast of here, from 1900 to 1906, the Dahlonega Consolidated Mining Company operated what is considered the largest gold plant ever constructed east of the Mississippi River.
Capitalized at $5,000,000, the plant included a 120-stamp mill, a large chlorinator, a 550 foot tunnel and numerous small buildings.
The Consolidated Mining Company furnished much of the setting for one of the earliest moving picture westerns “The Plunderer” starring William Farnum. The film made in Dahlonega and its environs before the First World War
GHM 093-4 - Georgia Historical Commission - 1954
Today you can tours of the mine as it appeared at the "turn of the century"". The forty minute underground tour that takes you sixty feet below the earth and back in time to view a slice of history from the late 1800’s and include:
- Displays and discussion of the actual equipment being used at the turn of the century.
- Introduction to the geology of the gold belt including the quartz and pyrite formation which early miners were working at the turn of the century.
- Walk through the massive tunnel network, complete with the original track system.
- Discussion of engineering and mining techniques utilized by the early miners.
- After the tour you will do some gold panning, and gem grubbing.
Visited the
Consolidated Gold Mine web site for hours and pricing information.
Located at the entrance road to the mine and a Wal-mart at the jct of US19/Ga 60 and Ga 9/52 north of Dahlonega.
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An ore cart located near the marker.