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Findley Gold Mine Dahlonega, Lumpkin Co., Georgia |
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Findley Gold Mine Dahlonega, Lumpkin Co., Georgia |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2021) |
| After visiting a couple of Native American petroglyph sites on my way home from Cobb County, my route took me close to Dahlonega. I knew about a number of abandoned gold mines there, and decided to look for one which I had first read about several years ago... |
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| Stamp Mill ruins, Findley Gold Mine Cam shaft, mortar boxes, stamp shaft assemblies, and ore crusher... |
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| Stamp shaft assemblies (stems, tappets and stamps) in mortar box |
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| Mortar Box manufacturer's ID |
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| Gyratory Rock and Ore Crusher The crushers prepared the ore for the stamp mills. |
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| Crusher manufacturer's ID |
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| This 1896 photo of the Gates Iron Works shows several examples of gyratory crushers. |
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| Gates mining equipment advertisement |
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| The engine drove the stamp mill equipment. |
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| Fuel tank |
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| Stamp shoe |
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| Stamp tappet |
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| Iron rail from the mine railway. |
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| Another view of the mill engine. |
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| A vertical rock cut runs down the side of the mountain. A reservoir at the top of the ridge released water down this flume, which washed the ore to the base of the slope. This was called "the Dahlonega Method" A pair of mine adits run into the mountain side. (Additional tunnels are found above these.) |
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| Entrance to lower adit 1 |
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| Inside flooded mine adit 1 |
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| Opening into lower adit 2 |
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| Interior of mine adit 2 |
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| Looking back out the mouth of mine adit 2. A rail from the old mine railway is visible in the foreground. |