Helen Mine

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The Helen Mine was one of nine gold mines operating in White County after the discovery of gold in 1828 around Duke's Creek (later the Nacoochee River). This photograph was taken around 1900.

Courtesy of Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia, #
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