Georgia: Gold City

gold museum – 28 may 2013

As part of our Georgia history studies, we headed to “Gold City”, Dahlonega. While there we visited the diving bell, ate lunch at a great restaurant, explored the Dahlonega Gold Museum Historic Site and panned for gold and toured a gold mine at the Consolidated Gold Mines.

Not only was it a fun day trip, but we learned a lot about the history of gold mining in Georgia and how it affected not only the Cherokee Indians but the environment as well.

panning for gold – 28 may 2013

gold mine – 28 may 2013