Second Section of That Part of Georgia Now Known As the Cherokee Territory.
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"In which are delineated all the districts & lots which by an act of the General Assembly were designated the Gold Districts drawn from actual survey" Fragment of a handsomely engraved survey plat map (in two parts) laid down on to blank stock receipt forms for the Beacon Gold Mining Company. Together with ms. plat of claims and newspaper clippings relating to Col. William Emery Nickerson, its promoter. Nickerson, an M.I.T. graduate, was an inventor and engineer who established himself in northern Georgia where he operated a saw mill at Canton. He also invented new dredge mining techniques. Newspaper articles speak of dredging the Etowah River for gold. Some losses. Engraved map on india paper. Extremely rare, including archive. Museum Interest North Georgia Gold Field Map and Archive Including Two Small Manuscript Plat Maps
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Second Section of That Part of Georgia Now Known As the Cherokee Territory.
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