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Old Gumlog Gold Mine - 1 Towns-Union County, GA |
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Old Gumlog Gold Mine - 1 Towns-Union County, GA |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2022) |
| This mine was extensively worked immediately after the Civil War, and consisted of numerous tunnels, shafts and cross cuts. It had already been long abandoned by 1896, when a report stated that "all the excavations had fallen in, so any veins were hidden from view." Shortly after the turn of the century, an attempt was made to clean out several of the old shafts, but the effort didn't amount to much. We had permission to explore the area, which is on private property. Photo conditions were horrible in the sun, so I only took a few pics. I need to return on an overcast day, and get some better photos. |
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| Sheldon in one of the collapsed shafts. From what we saw, this was probably the main shaft at the mine. |
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| Although caved in, there was a small hole that continued downward. |
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| From down in the shaft |
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| One of the many old cuts at the mine. |
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| We found two old tunnels, both with slumped / collapsed entrances. We couldn't tell how far back they went, but the first had a hole just big enough for me to wiggle down and stretch my arms out with the camera to take a few photos. Sheldon had to pull me back out by my legs! |
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| It looks to me like the tunnel goes back a ways. I'm going to have to check it out when we visit again. |
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| Entrance to the second slumped tunnel. With the horrible lighting, I didn't photograph the mouth of the first one, although it wasn't much better here. This one only had a small hole, but a strong current of air was coming out. |