The sweet smell of gold was a massive magnet for prospectors in the 1800s when jobs were scarce. Alabama wasn’t left behind in the search for gold; skilled miners in the Hog Mountain district earned $1.75 per day which was a decent wage that attracted thousands of workers. The relentless efforts of early prospectors led […]
The presence of gold in the Appalachian Mountains was long known to the American Indians in the area. Gold was a traded commodity for the original inhabitants, but it was not valued with nearly the same reverence as it was for the Spanish Conquistadors that eventually landed in the Americas. It was the rich discoveries […]
One of the states producing the most gold east of the Mississippi is Alabama. Chambers, Coosa, Clay, Chilton, Cleburne, Elmore, Talladega, Tallapoosa and Randolph Counties have all produced gold. The first big strike was in 1830 at Blue Creek and also Chestnut Creek, and continued to be found during the next few years. Gold was […]