Chestatee River — Lumpkin County

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Chestatee River — Lumpkin County

Gold Mining Site GA • Lumpkin County County
Description
Adjacent to the Chestatee River you will find the Boly Field Property which was an old saprolite deposit that contained lode gold. There are many mines on the Chestatee River: The Briar Patch Placers, The Long Branch, The Findley Mine (which was one of the richest in the early days) and the McDonald Mine. I dredged in this county several years ago, with my friend Jim Labuz using a 3" dredge. We dredged near the Briar Patch Placers and did very well, but then we moved below the highway bridge ...
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: lumpkin_ga.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: CHESTATEE RIVER. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Adjacent to the Chestatee River you will find the Boly Field Property which was an old saprolite deposit that contained lode gold. There are many mines on the Chestatee River: The Briar Patch Placers, The Long Branch, The Findley Mine (which was one of the richest in the early days) and the McDonald Mine. I dredged in this county several years ago, with my friend Jim Labuz using a 3" dredge. We dredged near the Briar Patch Placers and did very well, but then we moved below the highway bridge that crosses the Chestatee River and goes into Dahlonega and we didn't do so well.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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