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Gold Mine Shaft at The Smith House

Dahlonega, GA

A nineteenth-century mine shaft was discovered beneath this historic inn and restaurant, leaving a literal gold-rush feature under the building. The shaft is displayed as part of the property and gives travelers an unusually direct look at how deeply mining history runs beneath downtown Dahlonega.

Filed under weird history: real events too strange to have made the textbook.

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Source: smithhouse.com

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