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DORN GOLD MINE & DORN'S MILL
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N 33° 54.778' W 082° 17.837' |
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Mc Cormick, South Carolina 29835 United States Near By Caches
Hidden On: 30 Dec 2006
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This is part of the South Carolina Historical Marker series.
To get credit for the find, take a picture of yourself at the marker and post it. Marker Text: Front Side: South Carolina DORN GOLD MINE Area resident William B. Dorn discovered gold here and developed this mine which produced a yield of $72,000 from 1857 to 1859. The mine was later owned by Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor of the reaper, for whom the town of McCormick is named. The mine operated at intervals until as late as the 1930s Erected by McCormick County Historical Commission 1988 Back Side: South Carolina DORN'S MILL Built ca. 1899, this steam-powered mill employed a milling process pioneered earlier by inventor Oliver Evans which virtually eliminated manual labor. First known as the McCormick Enterprise Ginnery, the mill became Dorn-Finley Co. in 1917, its purpose "to operate and carry on an oil mill, cotton gin, and grist mill." Dorn's Mill closed in the 1940's Erected by McCormick County Historical Commission 1988 |
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