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By Tom Ashworth — HALL COUNTY, GEORGIA County

Gold Mining Site GA • HALL COUNTY, GEORGIA County County
Description
Near the town of Gainsville in all the regional creeks emptying into the Chattahoochee River there are many productive placer gold locations.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Tom Ashworth). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: hall_ga.shtml. Area: by Tom Ashworth. Map coordinates refined from text (landmark: "Tom, HALL COUNTY, GEORGIA County, Georgia, USA"). Still approximate — verify on the ground. Near the town of Gainsville in all the regional creeks emptying into the Chattahoochee River there are many productive placer gold locations.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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