There are some alluvial cones that were heavily mined in the area as well, and there were numerous small mines that produced low grade deposits in fissure veins. The present stream gravels, along with bench and "high terrace" deposits, contain abundant placer gold. Coker Creek and the Tellico River are the best-known areas for gold prospecting as there are numerous placer deposits and mines. Most of the gold in Tennessee is found in a small area in the southeastern part of the state in the Coker Creek gold belt, which lies in the Cherokee National Forest. It wasn't until 1836 that gold mining really got going. The gold rush experienced a delay, though, because the precious mineral was located on Cherokee Indian land. The Tennessee gold rush occurred in 1827 in Monroe County, in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains along Coker Creek. Just like Michael Phelps in his multiple Olympic journeys, participants in Digger’s Expedition in Coker Creek, Tenn., set out on a quest to. (Photos by Dominic Ricci, Richard Robinson, and Nina Beck) As featured in the 2018 Nov/Dec Gold Prospectors Magazine
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