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On State Highway 68 at U.S. 64, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 68.
In August, 1843, a prospector named Lemmons, in fruitless search of gold along a branch of Potato Creek not far to the northeast, found a substance which turned out, to his disappointment, to be red oxide of copper. He abandoned it and continued his . . . — — Map (db m25330) HM
On Tennessee Route 68, 0.1 miles south of Burra Burra Street, on the right when traveling south.
A reconstructed steam hoist engine boiler chimney, originally constructed ca. 1854, marks the site of the discovery of copper in 1843 by a prospector named Lemmons. In 1847 A. J. Weaver leased and dug at this place 90 casks of ore, hauling them on . . . — — Map (db m49539) HM
Near Burra Burra Street, 0.3 miles east of Tennessee Route 68 when traveling east.
Mining in the Copper Basin
In 1843, a prospector, hoping to find gold south of the Coker Creek mine fields, instead located one of America's richest copper reserves. Over the next century, American and foreign companies chartered more . . . — — Map (db m116819) HM