DAHLONEGA, Ga. -- One cannot visit Dahlonega without being overwhelmed by its gold history. It's said the first gold was discovered by accident as a man stumbled over a big nugget of gold while ...

Tucked away in the hills near Dahlonega, we stumbled upon a surprising number of old gold mine entrances surrounding Lake Zwerner. What started as a simple outing quickly turned into a full-on ...

DAHLONEGA, Ga. (AP) – A $10,000 reward is being offered in hopes of finding a man who stormed into a north Georgia gold mine and made off with about $100,000 worth of gold, cellphones ...

The year was 1828, two decades before the California Gold Rush. Benjamin Parks, a humble deer hunter, tripped over an awfully shiny rock and set off North Georgia ... mining history of the ...

DAHLONEGA, Ga. (WCIV) — So many tourists come to Dahlonega, Georgia for the same reason many settlers did well over 100 years ago: Gold. Granted, those folks were finding it, and putting their ...

DAHLONEGA, Ga. — Deputies are offering a reward for any information in their search for a suspect who robbed a popular Georgia gold mine at gunpoint. The Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office said a ...

Festivities include a parade, children's activities, a fashion show, gold-panning contest, live entertainment and food. Two mines are still active in Dahlonega: Crisson Gold Mine and Consolidated ...

The news arrived in bold, capital letters in the Georgia Journal, a Milledgeville newspaper, on August 1, 1829: Gold had been ... tourists, and Dahlonega has two commercial mines that cater ...

“At one time, the North Georgia mountains were filled with miners who sought their fortunes here, and there were about 250 gold mines.” The captivating story of Dahlonega’s rich history ...