Franklin-Creighton Mine

Franklin-Creighton Mine

The Franklin-Creighton Mine was a Georgia Gold Rush gold mine located in the town of Ball Ground in Cherokee County, Georgia. The mine was initially known as the Franklin Mine because it was started by a widow, Mrs. Mary G. Franklin, who obtained a 40 acre lot in the Gold Lottery of 1832. Around 1883, the mine became known as the Creighton Mine or the Franklin-Creighton Mine. This mine was one of the most productive and continued to operate many years after other area mines had ceased operations. Some estimate that it was yielding $1000 per day in 1893 and others place its total production after 1880 at as much as $1,000,000. The mine was shut down in 1913 as a result of a collapsed shaft which caused the mine to flood.

ources

* [http://www.cherokeega.com/about/history.cfm A Brief History of Cherokee County] (accessed December 4, 2006)
* [http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/gahistmarkers/cherokeegoldhistmarker.htm Georgia Historical Marker – Cherokee County Gold] (accessed December 4, 2006)

External links

* [http://tin.er.usgs.gov/mrds/show.php?labno=10067865 U.S. Geological Survey datasheet for the Franklin-Creighton Mine]
* [http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=34.3117&lon=-84.2667&datum=nad83&u=5&layer=DRG25&s=50 TopoQuest location]


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