Table of Contents
Preface 9
Acknowledgements 13
Introduction 15
Part I The Old Southwest: America's First Gold Rushes
1 "Alabama Fever" 25
2 Tallapoosa County's Gold Mining Districts: Devil's Backbone, Fagle Greek, Goldville and Hog Mountain 35
3 "It's Good to Be Shifty in a New Country" 47
4 Cotton Boom and Bust, Lost Confederate Gold. New" Interest in Gold Mining 57
5 Tallapoosa County: "Gold Country" 71
6 Hillabee Gold Mining Company (1890-1916) 81
Part II Surviving The Depression: "Grinding Stone into Bread"
7 The Hog Mountain Mining and Milling Company: 1933-1937 91
8 Life in a Gold Mining Community 123
9 Notable People and Events 135
10 From the Mine to the Mill: J.P. Mooney 157
Appendix: An Incomplete List of Hog Mountain Gold Miners 161
Notes 163
Bibliography 167
Index 171
About the Author 175