I first became aware of these Lime Works over ten years ago, when I read a short article about a visit to one of the kilns in an old SGA newsletter.   I knew the general location, but that still left a lot of woods to search.   I finally thought to look at LIDAR imagery for the area, and sure enough, the old mining cuts popped right out!   This significantly narrowed down my search area, and I found the kilns somewhat easily.

This hollowed out hillside was the first quarry cut that I encountered.

Lime Kiln A, now mostly collapsed, at the Deal Lime Works. The corner facing the camera here is the same corner at the right in the next photo. The visible horizontal channel originally contained iron beams & straps which held the kiln together.

Lime Kiln A   -   photo from Bulletin 21, Limestones of Georgia (1916) Two kilns were employed at the site, one having 75 and the other 125 barrels daily capacity. This image shows several of the horizontal iron beams / straps mentioned previously.

Another side of the mostly collapsed Kiln A

Kiln A

This may be one of the iron bands that wrapped horizontally around the kiln at several heights to hold the kiln together.

One of the larger mine cuts. Limestone had been quarried and burned into lime on the C. L. Deal Manufacturing Company's property since 1864.

Heavy iron plate on the creek bank. I don't know if this came from the lime works' operation or not...

Another mine cut.

Looking down on one of the tailings piles...

Kiln B, also mostly collapsed. This kiln employed a different design than Kiln A.   Built into the hillside, like most of the kilns I find in NE Georgia, it was likely the earlier of the two kilns.

Draw holes (eyes) of Kiln B

View into the collapsed Kiln B from the slope above.

Stone lining of Kiln B's interior.

Looking over upper edge of Kiln B toward the creek, from inside the kiln.

Kiln B and me...

Looking at this big tree, I was reminded of a mystical tree goddess, raising her long arms upward...

Of more recent vintage, I came across these ruins about a half mile away.   I'm not sure what this was.

Large tank at the ruins I don't know what this was used for, but it was Grade A heavy duty! You can see the solid construction, with many ports & reinforcements.

I saw scattered Magnolia trees that really stood out against the brown, leafless woods.

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