Comments on: Thar’s Gold in Them Thar Clay County Hills http://claycochamber.com/gold-in-them-thar-clay-county-hills The Heart of East Central Alabama Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:58:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: rick mckenzie http://claycochamber.com/gold-in-them-thar-clay-county-hills/comment-page-1#comment-1051 rick mckenzie Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:07:09 +0000 http://claycochamber.com/?p=1903#comment-1051 jeremy,hog mountain area has produced gold in the past,given the current prices of gold why havn't commercial or large mining companies started gold mining in alabama again? jeremy,hog mountain area has produced gold in the past,given the current prices of gold why havn’t commercial or large mining companies started gold mining in alabama again?

]]> By: Big1011Guy http://claycochamber.com/gold-in-them-thar-clay-county-hills/comment-page-1#comment-1016 Big1011Guy Sat, 05 Mar 2011 02:57:51 +0000 http://claycochamber.com/?p=1903#comment-1016 Very interesting article. My girlfriend and I are going to do a Prospecting Vacation at The Gold Camp in May 2011. Really lookin' forward to it !!!! Guy Very interesting article. My girlfriend and I are going to do a Prospecting Vacation at The Gold Camp in May 2011. Really lookin’ forward to it !!!!
Guy

]]> By: jeremy fowler http://claycochamber.com/gold-in-them-thar-clay-county-hills/comment-page-1#comment-930 jeremy fowler Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:21:01 +0000 http://claycochamber.com/?p=1903#comment-930 I have indeed noticed a sudden "surge" in the availability of info. concerning our state's gold resources. I remember only 10 years ago, I had to quite literally " dig " up what I was looking for in the U.A. campus geology records! Yet still with all the records and locations, I found myself stuck. I really wanted at least a chance to put a pan in the creek, but where to go? As you stated, I found that most all gold bearing land was private. I made countless calls, U.S. forrestry, U.S.G.S. , Talladega Ntl. Forrest and many visitor centers of Clay, Clebourne and Talladega... They all treated me like a loon! Most had no idea gold was anywhere in Al. Thank you so much for putting this information out so others can gain access to it. Over the years, I have aquired tons of documents, U.S.G.S. survey's ect. I have access to basically any question one could have on this subject, if I could be of any help to expand knowledege, I would be very happy to give any inf I have collected. One very helpful booklet I came across was entitled " GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA " put out by the Geological Survey Of Alabama ( Bulletin # 136 ) It contains everything one could ask for, locations, amounts of Load, Vein and Placer deposits, along with brief history of all the spots. Thanks again; jeremy j. fowler I have indeed noticed a sudden “surge” in the availability of info. concerning our state’s gold resources. I remember only 10 years ago, I had to quite literally ” dig ” up what I was looking for in the U.A. campus geology records! Yet still with all the records and locations, I found myself stuck. I really wanted at least a chance to put a pan in the creek, but where to go? As you stated, I found that most all gold bearing land was private. I made countless calls, U.S. forrestry, U.S.G.S. , Talladega Ntl. Forrest and many visitor centers of Clay, Clebourne and Talladega… They all treated me like a loon! Most had no idea gold was anywhere in Al. Thank you so much for putting this information out so others can gain access to it.
Over the years, I have aquired tons of documents, U.S.G.S. survey’s ect. I have access to basically any question one could have on this subject, if I could be of any help to expand knowledege, I would be very happy to give any inf I have collected. One very helpful booklet I came across was entitled ” GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA ” put out by the Geological Survey Of Alabama ( Bulletin # 136 ) It contains everything one could ask for, locations, amounts of Load, Vein and Placer deposits, along with brief history of all the spots.

Thanks again; jeremy j. fowler

]]> By: Clay County, The Heart of East Central Alabama « Underneath the Dixie Sky http://claycochamber.com/gold-in-them-thar-clay-county-hills/comment-page-1#comment-793 Clay County, The Heart of East Central Alabama « Underneath the Dixie Sky Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:32:06 +0000 http://claycochamber.com/?p=1903#comment-793 [...] reading an article entitled “Thar’s Gold in Them Thar Clay County Hills” written by local historian Don East, I discovered that Clay County is known to historians as part [...] [...] reading an article entitled “Thar’s Gold in Them Thar Clay County Hills” written by local historian Don East, I discovered that Clay County is known to historians as part [...]

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