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TALLADEGA County Gold Locations

Gold Mining Site AL • TALLADEGA County County
Description
TALLADEGA COUNTY ALABAMA LOCATION COUNTY: Talladega County STATE: Alabama Area branches and benches along Talladega Creek are said to contain placer gold. At Riddles Mill district, located in southeast part of the county, was the most important locality where gold mining was carried on in the Talladega County. The Riddle's Mine consisted of a 100 foot deep in quartz veins which contained lode gold, with silver and pyrite in depth. In a lead extending from Riddle's Mine, the Woodward Tract had...
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: talladega_al.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. TALLADEGA COUNTY ALABAMA LOCATION COUNTY: Talladega County STATE: Alabama Area branches and benches along Talladega Creek are said to contain placer gold. At Riddles Mill district, located in southeast part of the county, was the most important locality where gold mining was carried on in the Talladega County. The Riddle's Mine consisted of a 100 foot deep in quartz veins which contained lode gold, with silver and pyrite in depth. In a lead extending from Riddle's Mine, the Woodward Tract had gold, with silver. 7.5 South of Talladega on the east side of Talladega Creek, the Story Mine which contained gold in quartz veins in decomposed slates.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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