Description: Alabama Gold, Alabama, Paperback 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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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781467135986
Book Title: Alabama Gold : a History of the South's Last Mother Lode
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Peggy Jackson Walls
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Mining, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Subjects & Themes / Historical
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2016
Genre: Photography, Technology & Engineering, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 176 Pages
