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Show The bichnks ol tbe Califoiuia and Pacitio coaat Rold mines baa caused. Americans to forget that gold-digging was once a profitable industry in some of the southern state. Iho Caroliuae, Georgia, Florida and Alabama all have gold fields which have been quite productive. Tbe editor of tbe Columbus (Ala.) Times days be has often been told by old Californiaus that, with the same machinery ma-chinery and eflort, 'more gold could be Ukcn from some ot the Tallapoosa mines than from many ol the most, popular on tbe Pacitio coaat. "In former years we knew something of, tho gold veiua of old Tallapoosa, es pecially of those about the once i famous Log Pit mine, and can say that they, unskilllully worked, yielded many thousand dollars worth of gold." |