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	Name:	scottroberts -
	Subject:	Blue Hill Gold Mine
	Date:	11/19/2007 8:59:24 PM

My lake martin map still calls the road in that area "Gold Mine Road" and has the label "Blue Hill Gold Mine" with no marked locations.

Quote from the link below:

"Another mine in the Devil's Backbone District was the Blue Hill Gold Mine it was adjacent to the Gregory Hill Mine ((S33,T21N,R22E). This mine in later years was owned by the Phillips family. The lower portions of these two mines are now under the waters of Lake Martin. Other mines along the shores of Lake Martin include the Bonner Terrell property (S19,T22N,R23E) and the Holley prospect (S10,T21N,R22E) located to the left of the Dadeville-Young's Ferry Road. "

http://jovikri.tripod.com/public-index.html

The numbers and letters are map locations, narrowing it down to 640 acres. More info on alabama gold can be purchased form the state geological survey (circular 104 - very popular) for about $10:

http://www.gsa.state.al.us/documents/pubs/notice/Cir104Notice.pdf

Bulletin 120 from them may also be useful

Another web site:

"Southwest of Dadeville left of the old Dadeville-Young's Ferry Road, the Holly Prospect, active in 1911 for lode gold. The Gregory Hill Mine with quartz seams in graphite schist you will find panning gold. The Blue Hill Property in surface debris contains lode gold. The lower part of the property, along with much of the Gregory Hill deposit, now lies under the waters of Martin Lake. The Terrell Property caved in site of old stamp mill and produced lode gold. "

http://www.49ermike.com/tallapoosa_al.shtml

Below is a topo of the area. Two places are marked "mine" in the water at the bank. Camp alamisco point is right above the 32 in the water. The Blue Hill and Gregory Hill are to the right. Supposedly Blue hill is in the NE 160 acres of the 640 acres of section 32, and Gregory Hill is known to be just east in section 33.

http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=12&Z=16&X=757&Y=4530&W=3

And here's a map showing 2 closed mine entrances and one "prospect" (attempted?" mine. All 3 above lake level. You have to really play around with the map to find it, assuming this link works. They're labeled G-6, G-7, G-8

http://cartweb.geography.ua.edu:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=North%20America%20and%20United%20States&item=States/Alabama/Counties/tallapoosa/Tallapoosa1988a.sid&wid=500&hei=400&props=item(Name,Description),cat(Name,Description)&style=simple/view-dhtml.xsl

The whole area is accessible from Co Rd 34 and then onto wilwood rd which branches to the smaller cabin roads. Google's view:

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=32.755592,-85.863819&spn=0.017576,0.039911&z=15

URL: alabama gold mines