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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1961)
B THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1961 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Georgia Scene Of First Major U.S. Gold Rush ':, Atlanta -(UPD-A chunk ol ' gold accidentally kicked up by a backwoods deer hunter . 133 year ago In the north ' ' Georgia mountain! touched oft the first major gold ruth . In the United States. ; Men on foot, horseback and - in wagons poured into the , Cherokee Indian country near Dahlonega, Ga.; soon after the hunter, Benjamin Parks, no : ticed the bright yellow metal. , And for some 20 years after 1A2S. Georgia was the na tion's foremost gold mining ' territory. , :V , v Roughly built log cabins . were thrown up, trails were cut ; through the area and crude sluice boxes construct ed, : :. Federal troops were sent Into the area to protect tne Cherokees against the gold- seeking Invaders. But in 1830 the Army found it Impossible to protect the Indians ana me State of Georgia established a reservation, the Cherokee country, As more adventurers and explorers rushed into the area, new doDosits were dls- ?, covered and camps, villages en dtowns sprung up. Several miles south of Dahlonega, name derived from the Chero kee ford for "yellow,'.' was the village of Aurarla, from the Latin word for "gold."-:. Ohost Town In 1B32 Aurarla had popu lation of 500 and was larger than Dahonega. Today Au rarla Is a ghost town, ' The government establish ed the United States Branch and It remained in operation Mint at Dahlonega in 1837 nd it remained in operation until the outbreak of the Civil War 24 yean later. The mint coined some 18 million in gold coins ranging from II to $5 pieces, The spot where Parka un covered the first piece of gold now Is a large hole in the aide of a mountain and Is known as the Calhoun Mine. John C. Calhoun, a South Carolina senator, bought the land shortly after Parks made his discovery and, according to Prof. T. C. Bryan of North Georgia College, took nearly 11,000 worth of, gold a'dsy from the mine. The mine was later oper- ted by Calhoun's son-in-law, Thomas' G. Clemson, who later founded Clemson Col Inge in Clemson, S.C, Promt rent statesman and lawyer timuel J. Ttiden la reported . to have mined $4 million worth of gold from the Bar low mine near Dahlonega. Drew Many Miners The discovery of fold in California in 1848 drew many miners and speculators from the North Georgia area, but some of the more success ful miners remained. For six years after the turn of the century, the Dahlonega Con solidated Mining Co, operated one of the largest gold mines in the East; - Gold was first discovered in the United States in North Carolina in the 1790's. Ex ploration began throughout the Carolines, Georgia and Alabama and some pros pectors panned gold in North Georgia In. 1814, but the rush did1 not get underway until Parks' discovery. ' Today, there are four mines in North Georgia, but all are inactive. The gold operations in the area ceased during World War II. u o o Association Sets ting Friday 1 The Jackson County Tuber culosis and Health association will hold its annual meeting Friday noon, April 21, In the banquet room of North's Chuck Wagon. '. . Dr. Ambrose Churchill, of the tuberculosis section of the Oregon state board of health, will speak on recommenda tions of the ACTION confer ence held last October. The theme was "Accelerate con trol of tuberculosis in Ore gon now." H. P. Jewett, president of the association, will present the annual report, and of ficers will be elected for the coming year. A large county-wide attend ance is planned by those in charge of the luncheon. 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