Loud Mine

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Loud Mine
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Loud Mine
LocationWhite County
StateGeorgia
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 34°35′13″N83°50′02″W / 34.587°N 83.834°W / 34.587; -83.834

Loud Mine was a gold mine in White County, Georgia north of Dahlonega. The mine was situated four miles southwest of Cleveland, Georgia. [1] Loud Mine was a mining site in the 19th century Georgia Gold Rush. [2] The mine continued to produce gold into 1940. [3] The site is now owned by a private gold mining group, and permission is needed to go on the property.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. Hurst, Vernon J.; Administration, United States Area Redevelopment; Otwell, William Larry (1964). Exploration for Mineral Deposits in White County, Georgia. Area Redevelopment Administration. p. 101.
  2. Williams, David (2023-02-08). The Georgia Gold Rush: Twenty-Niners, Cherokees, and Gold Fever. Univ of South Carolina Press. p. 71. ISBN   978-1-64336-435-3.
  3. Mineral Market Report: M.M.S. United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of the Mines. 1941. p. 3.