Cherokee County Gold
Cherokee County, located along Georgia´s golt belt, figured prominently in the gold rush of the 1830´s and 40´s. Several mines operated along a five mile area near the Etowah River in the northeastern part of the county, including the Franklin-Creighton, Sandow, and Latham Mines. More than 30 other small placer mines extended sowthwesterly across the county and included the Sices Mine, worked earlier by the Cherokees. After the 1860´s, most gold mining operations in the county either slowed or ceased. The most successful, and most sophisticated, the Franklin-Creighton, continued operations until 1913, when a shaft collapsed and the mine was flooded.
GHM 028-4 GEORGIA HISTORICAL MARKER 1988
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.