Georgia Gold Rush

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The Georgia Gold Rush was a major early 19th-century American gold rush centered in northern Georgia that triggered rapid settlement, mining booms, and contributed to the displacement of Native American populations, including the Cherokee.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gold rush
historical event
affectedEthnicGroup Cherokee Nation (historical)
surface form: Cherokee

Creek (Muscogee)
causeOf creation of new counties in northern Georgia
displacement of Native American populations
environmental degradation in mining areas
establishment of mining camps and boomtowns
increased pressure for Cherokee removal
influx of miners and prospectors
rapid settlement of northern Georgia
country United States of America
surface form: United States
documentedIn 19th-century Georgia newspapers
U.S. government reports on Indian removal
economicImpact development of gold mining industry in Georgia
growth of local commerce in northern Georgia
increase in land speculation
endTime 1840s
followedBy California Gold Rush
Colorado Gold Rush
hasHeritageSite Consolidated Gold Mine (tourist site)
Dahlonega Mint
surface form: Dahlonega Gold Museum Historic Site
ledTo construction of roads into northern Georgia
establishment of the Dahlonega Mint
locatedIn Georgia
northern Georgia
mainMiningMethod hydraulic mining
placer mining
participant enslaved African Americans used as mining labor
local white settlers
prospectors from the eastern United States
politicalImpact Georgia
surface form: Georgia land lotteries

Georgia’s assertion of state authority over Cherokee lands
precededBy small-scale gold discoveries in North Carolina
primaryResourceExtracted gold
relatedTo Cherokee removal
Indian Removal policy of the United States
surface form: Indian Removal Act

Trail of Tears
significantEvent discovery of gold near Dahlonega in 1828
significantRegion Appalachian Mountains
Cherokee Nation (historical)
Georgia Gold Belt
significantSettlement Dahlonega, Georgia
surface form: Auraria, Georgia

Dahlonega, Georgia
Gainesville, Georgia
startTime 1828
late 1820s
timePeriod Jacksonian era
surface form: Antebellum period in the United States

early 19th century

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California Gold Rush precededBy Georgia Gold Rush
Dahlonega Mint usedGoldFrom Georgia Gold Rush
Dahlonega Mint partOfHistoryOf Georgia Gold Rush
Georgia Gold Belt knownFor Georgia Gold Rush
Georgia Gold Belt relatedEvent Georgia Gold Rush
Cherokee Nation (historical) event Georgia Gold Rush
Consolidated Gold Mine (tourist site) historicalPeriod Georgia Gold Rush
subject surface form: Consolidated Gold Mine
Consolidated Gold Mine (tourist site) relatedTo Georgia Gold Rush
subject surface form: Consolidated Gold Mine
this entity surface form: Dahlonega Gold Rush
Dahlonega, Georgia historicalEvent Georgia Gold Rush
Gainesville, Georgia developedDuring Georgia Gold Rush
Auraria partOf Georgia Gold Rush
Auraria associatedEvent Georgia Gold Rush
Gold City associatedWithEvent Georgia Gold Rush
Lumpkin County historicalEvent Georgia Gold Rush
White County hasHistoricConnection Georgia Gold Rush
subject surface form: White County, Georgia
this entity surface form: Georgia Gold Rush region
Union County historicalAssociation Georgia Gold Rush
subject surface form: Union County, Georgia
this entity surface form: Georgia Gold Rush region