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Cold mining at Arbacoochee described by J. S. Thrasher
The Arbacoochee Alabama mining district is producing rich gold as Thrasher reports. Pruitt property buyers started a stamp mill. Tyson Co work on a rich quartz vein yielding 42 pennyweights. A A Smith bought land, sunk shafts, and found veins with analyses up to 500 per ton.
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J. 8. Thrasher
Arbacoochee
Atlanta Constitution
Alabama
Pruitt
Tyson & Co
Holson
A. A. Smith
Dahlonega
Georgia
J. 5. Thrasher
Ala