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Photo Gallery: Calhoun Gold Mine
Marker text:
Famous Calhoun gold mine where it is said vein gold was first
discovered in Georgia by white men.
In 1828 while deer hunting Benjamin Parks, ofDahlonega, accidentally found
quartz gold in pockets or lodes. His find was so rich in gold that it was
yellow like yolk of eggs.
Shortly after discovery this mine was sold to U.S. Senator John C. Calhoun,
of South Carolina. It was operated by Thomas G. Clemson, son-in-law of
Calhoun, and some of the gold was used to found Clemson College, S.C.
Specimens from this mine are exhibited at the State Capitol in Atlanta.
093-1 Georgia Historical Commission 1953
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