# Calhoun Mine
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{{Use American English|date=June 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Calhoun Mine
| nrhp_type = nhl
| image = CalhounMine1972NPS.jpg
| caption = [National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service) photo, 1972
| location = [Lumpkin County, Georgia](/source/Lumpkin_County%2C_Georgia)
| nearest_city = [Dahlonega, Georgia](/source/Dahlonega%2C_Georgia)
| coordinates = {{coord|34|29|31.34|N|83|58|55.67|W|type:landmark_region:US-GA|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = USA Georgia#USA
| built = 1828
| architect =
| architecture =
| added = November 7, 1973
| designated_nrhp_type = November 7, 1973
| area = {{convert|110|acre}}
| refnum = 73002292[{{NRISref|2009a}}]
}}
The '''Calhoun Mine''' is perhaps the oldest and best-known mine in [Lumpkin County, Georgia](/source/Lumpkin_County%2C_Georgia). When gold was discovered in Lumpkin County in 1828, which led to the [Georgia Gold Rush](/source/Georgia_Gold_Rush) in 1829, it was discovered on {{convert|239|acre|km2}} owned by Robert Obar. After at least two intermediary sales, the land was purchased by [Senator](/source/US_Senator) [John C. Calhoun](/source/John_C._Calhoun) of [South Carolina](/source/South_Carolina), who later served as the 7th [Vice President of the United States](/source/Vice_President_of_the_United_States). Calhoun started a mining company to mine the land and later allowed his son-in-law [Thomas Green Clemson](/source/Thomas_Green_Clemson), the founder of [Clemson University](/source/Clemson_University), to manage it. The ore deposit was a very rich deposit and, according to an 1856 letter from Clemson to his brother-in-law, was still producing significant quantities of gold nearly 30 years after its initial discovery on the land. This mine - along with the [Consolidated Mine](/source/Consolidated_Mine) and the [Loud Mine](/source/Loud_Mine) - were some of the most productive mines in the [Georgia Gold Belt](/source/Georgia_Gold_Belt).
In 1879, the Calhoun Mine passed from the Calhoun family. In 1939, after the deposits at the Calhoun Mine were long thought to be depleted, a small pocket was discovered and mined. After the initial excitement, things became quiet once again at the mine. The Calhoun Mine was added to the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) and named a [National Historic Landmark](/source/National_Historic_Landmark) in 1973.[{{Cite web |url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1432&ResourceType=Site# |title=National Historic Landmarks Program |access-date=2007-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607092029/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1432&ResourceType=Site# |archive-date=2008-06-07 |url-status=dead }}]
Calhoun Mine is located about 3 miles (5 km) south of [Dahlonega](/source/Dahlonega%2C_Georgia) off [State Route 60](/source/Georgia_State_Route_60) and on the eastern side of the [Chestatee River](/source/Chestatee_River). It lies on a hill on the west side of the road - about 0.6 miles (1 km) off the road - on the opposite side of the ridge, on private property.
The mine was designated a [National Historic Landmark](/source/National_Historic_Landmark) and listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 1973, for its nationally significant role as an instigating element of the [Cherokee removal](/source/Cherokee_removal). The mine was located directly adjacent to Cherokee land, and the conflict with miners illegally working Cherokee lands contributed to calls for removal, and the eventual displacement of, the Cherokee from their lands.[{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=73002292}}|title=NHL nomination for Calhoun Mine|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2015-12-15}}]
==See also==
*[List of National Historic Landmarks in Georgia (U.S. state)](/source/List_of_National_Historic_Landmarks_in_Georgia_(U.S._state))
*[National Register of Historic Places listings in Lumpkin County, Georgia](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Lumpkin_County%2C_Georgia)
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.goldrushgallery.com/news/head1.html ''Gold in Georgia'' by Sylvia Gailey Head]
*[http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/dahlonega/ "Thar's Gold in Them Thar Hills': Gold and Gold Mining in Georgia, 1830s-1940s] from the [Digital Library of Georgia](/source/Digital_Library_of_Georgia)
*[http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vanishinggeorgia/id:lum149 Georgia Division of Archives and History Photo - Interior of stamp mill at Calhoun Mine, 1899]
*[http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vanishinggeorgia/id:lum175 Georgia Division of Archives and History Photo - entrance to Calhoun Mine, 1955]
*{{gnis|type=retired|312158}}
{{NHLs in GA}}
{{National Register of Historic Places}}
Category:Georgia Gold Rush
Category:Gold mines in Georgia
Category:Mines in Lumpkin County, Georgia
Category:National Historic Landmarks in Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:Geology of Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:Underground mines in the United States
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Lumpkin County, Georgia
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