Mines: — Oconee County

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Mines: — Oconee County

Gold Mining Site SC • Oconee County County
Description
Cochran (Lawton) Placer Mine - was a productive placer. Cox Prospect - was following a quartz vein cutting slates mining low - grade ores. Henckel Mine - was a lode gold mine. Jesse Lay Mine - was an old lode gold mine. Kuhnmand (Old Cheohee) Mine - was an old lode gold mine, but nearby creek gravels contain placer gold. Pickens Mine - was a lode gold mine. Sitton Mine - this mine consisted of quartz stringers in schist. It was a lode mine, but in the area of the mine small nuggets have been ...
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: oconee_sc.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: MINES:. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Cochran (Lawton) Placer Mine - was a productive placer. Cox Prospect - was following a quartz vein cutting slates mining low - grade ores. Henckel Mine - was a lode gold mine. Jesse Lay Mine - was an old lode gold mine. Kuhnmand (Old Cheohee) Mine - was an old lode gold mine, but nearby creek gravels contain placer gold. Pickens Mine - was a lode gold mine. Sitton Mine - this mine consisted of quartz stringers in schist. It was a lode mine, but in the area of the mine small nuggets have been found. Sloan Placer - was worked before the Civil War The mine was tracing quartz stringers mica schist. It was free milling gold. White Water - Toxaway Placers Mine - was discovered in the 1850s and was quite productive.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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