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it is reasc^'ial^.le lo In^'er the c,\\'-tence of rich veins here. Tn 

 the 'J'urkcv Haven ^Jountam and along- its flanks, are many 

 places where some df velopnu.>nts have been made for gold, but 

 at none of these, at this time, is any active work going on. 



In Clay county there are several localities' where gold min- 

 ing has been conducted with more or less success, viz., in the 

 Goldberg district near the eastern line of Clay, bordering on 

 Randolph ; at the Franklin mines near Idaho ; and at the Ivey 

 mines in the same neighborhood. 



In Randolph county is one of the oldest of the gold mines 

 of the state, viz., the Pinetucky mine, which has been in con- 

 tinuous' operation for forty years or more. 



In Tallapoosa county we find two belts of gold-bearing rocks 

 'running northeast and southwest; i. the Goldville-Hog ^Nloun- 

 tain belt, and 2. the Silver Hill belt. Both of tl^ese were the 

 scenes of active mining operations before the discovery of* the 

 California gold, and at the present time some work is going 

 on in both districts. 



In the Goldville district cyanide plants' have been put in 

 operation at the Ulrich mine and at Hog Mountain, and the 

 result has been to demonstrate beyond question that the ex- 

 traction of gold by this process from comparatively low grade 

 ores can be effected with profit. Near Hog Mountain on the 

 site of the old Ealy mines, the Messrs. Hood have sunk a 

 shaft and a slope and are now putting in the machinery for 

 work on a large s'cale. 



In the Silver Hill district some mining work has been going 

 on for many years at Blue Hill, Gregory Hill, etc., but the re- 

 cent purchase of some of these properties by parties who are 

 intending to introduce the cyanide process, wall probably soon 

 be .followed by increased activity in this district. 



Across the Coosa river in Elmore and Chilton counties there 

 are several places well known to the gold miners in the early 

 days, and worked for gold in a small way even in recent times. 



Many of the failures attending the attempts at gold mining 

 m this State, especially after the rich placers of Arbacoochee 

 and Chulafinnee and the Goldville and Silver Hill regions had 

 been well worked over are to be attributed to bad manage- 

 ment, and the use of methods which were ill adapted to the 

 character of the ore. The success of the Hillabee Company at 

 Hog Mountain has demonstrated in this state what the Theiss 



