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FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA
burning kaolin is mined in the central southern section of the
State, and the entire product is shipped to Northern potteries,
where it is used for the manufacture of high-grade china, and
for paper filler. In thickness of beds and in purity, the Georgia
clays exceed those of any other state. There is no economic rea
son why potteries should not be successfully operated on a large
scale in Georgia, and the opportunity invites investment. The
alluvial and residual clays of the Piedmont and mountain sections
provide a superior quality of common building brick.
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Omitting Spanish traditions, the first record of the discovery
of gold in Georgia was in White county in 1828, and from that
time until the sensational discoveries in California, Georgia pro
duced practically the entire supply of gold for the United States
So important had the industry become that in 1838 the govern
ment established a branch mint at Dahlonega, where, up to its
discontinuance in 1861, there were coined 1,381,784 pieces of
money, of the value of $6,115,569. The largest annual produc
tion of gold in the State was in 1843, when it totaled $582,782.
ENTRANCE TO FOSSIL IRON ORE MINE, ESTELLE, WALKER COUNTY