Le dolophu encinci yindawo yesiqhelo sokuqala segolide
I-Dahlonega, iGeorgia kungenzeka ukuba ingabi yindawo yokuqala abantu baseMerika abacinga ngayo xa beva amazwi athi "ukukhawuleza kwegolide," kodwa ewe, igolide yafunyanwa apha emashumi amabini ngaphambi kokuba abahloli bafumane eCalifornia. Kwaye idolophu ibandakanya loo mlando, ihambisa iindwendwe zangempela zegolide.
Imbali yeMigodi yeGold eDahlonega
Emva kwenxalenye yelizwe laseCherokee kwiiLumpkin County, iDahlonega yaba yinto ephambili yegolide kwiimayini emva kokuba insimbi exabisekileyo ifumaneke apha ngo-1828.
Ngokomlando wendawo, umzingeli wezilwanyana ogama lakhe linguBenjamin Parks ngokuqinisekileyo wayigqithisa iqhekeza legolide ngeekhilomitha ezimbalwa ezisezantsi kwidolophu yedolophu. Njengokuba babeza kwenza emva kowesiKalifornia, amawaka abaza kuba ngabommbi kunye nabaxhamli behla kule dolophu encinci emagqabini eNtaba yeBlue Ridge ukuze bazame inhlanhla yabo. Igolide yayininzi kakhulu kwiDahlonega ngexesha lama-1800 elalibonakalayo emhlabeni, ngokwembali yoluntu.
Kwaye njengaseCalifornia, isistim se-US samiswa kwiDahlonega, kwaye uphawu lwayo lwe "D" lwangathi lubonakala kwiimali zegolide eziveliswe phakathi kwe-1838 no-1861 xa ekugqibeleni zavalwa.
Namhlanje, uDahlonega ubandakanya eli lilifa, kunye neevenkile, izitolo ezincinci, kunye nemikhosi enika izandla kwiigodi zegolide, kubandakanywa ukuhamba emfuleni.
Nantsi indlela yokufumana igolide xa u tyelela iDahlonega, Georgia.
Imigodi yeMigodi yeGolide
Lo mgo unikeza ityelelo le-golden-themed tour.
Kuthatha ubuncinane ngaphantsi kweyure ukubona yonke into yam phantsi komhlaba, izaliswe ngamathrekhi endala, iilwane, kunye nodumo oludumileyo "I-Glory Hole." Abaveleli bafunda indlela igolide ekhishwe ngayo kwiminyaka engama-150 eyadlulayo, kwaye nangona ihlekisa abantwana, ekubeni umzi ungaphantsi kwindlela yokutyelela ingaba mnyama.
Kukho neeseti eziliqela zamanyathelo okwenene kodwa ahlaselekileyo, ngoko ke le ntshisekelo ayifanelekanga kubantwana abaneminyaka engama-3 nangaphantsi.
Emva kokutyelela, iindwendwe zinethuba lokutsala igolide.
Imayini yeGriff Gold
Lo mgodi wegolide ovulekile (ngokuchasene ne-under-open in 1847), wawusenomveliso wezorhwebo ukuya kuma-1980. Zinezinto ezininzi ze-antitique, ezinye zazo zisasetyenziswa. UCrisson unenkxalabo enkulu ekugxininiseni ukudlula ukhenketho, ngoko kubantwana abancinci, oku kungaba yindlela engcono kuneConsolidated.
Emva kokuboniswa, iindwendwe ziyakwazi ukukhawulela igolide kunye namatye angqonge kwigumbi layo elikhulu lokuphambuka. Iphawuliso lokuguqulwa kwamatye liyinzuzo enkulu kubantwana. Kulula ukwenza, kwaye baya ekhaya kunye ne-baggie encinci yeempawu ezinemibala.
Iingxaki zegolide ezinzulu ziya kuCrisson, njengoko ihlinzeka ngezixhobo zobuchwepheshe njengezandi, kodwa kunemisebenzi eninzi kuwo wonke umntu.
Iindleko zetikiti kuCrisson ziquka ipake enye yegolide, iibhakethi ezimbini-gallon zamatye kunye nesanti, kunye nokukhwela kwinqwelo.
IDonhlonega Gold Museum
Le nyuziyamu inika iinkcukacha ezichanekileyo zeedolophu zokukhawuleza kwegolide, kunye neendowuni zegolide, iimali zegolide, izixhobo kunye nemiboniso esebenzayo. Ihlala kwindawo efunyenwe ukuba yi-Courseuse yaseLumpkin County, ekhoyo kwiRejista kaZwelonke yeZakhiwo zeMbali, kunye nenye yeenkundla zamandulo zaseGeorgia.