High Shoals , Georgia. Possible Vein of Gold

[jeff of pa]

Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah), 13 May 1886.



https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/...xt=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=59

 

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[Georgivs]

Yup that's where we get the saying "did not pan out".

There was a strip mine on Vineyards creek out in Madison county, but even after getting the landowners permission and spending several days out there with a sluice we only found a sprinkle of dust.