Boly Field Mine (Boley Field's Mine; Field's Mine; Field's vein), Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, Georgia, USAi

Regional Level Types
Boly Field Mine (Boley Field's Mine; Field's Mine; Field's vein)	Mine
Dahlonega	Town
Lumpkin County	County
Georgia	State
USA	Country

The Boly Field Mine is located on lot 1,182, 12th district, on a vein, very rich in free gold. The lot is a fractional lot, along the north bank of the Chestatee river. The vein was discovered about 1840, and was worked, for several years, by its owner, Mr. Boling W. Field, who is said to have become wealthy, from the gold secured from this vein. The ore, it is said, was very much like that of the Findley shoot and the Whim Hill and Battle Branch mines; that is, quartz, richly impregnated with gold, in masses and wire. This vein crosses the Chestatee river. So sure was Dr. M. F. Stephenson, the amateur geologist, before referred to, in this report, that, by turning the channel of the river, he would find the vein, rich in free gold on the bottom, that he interested a wealthy gentleman of Boston, Mass., about the time of the civil war, to the extent of furnishing the money, to make the necessary preparations for the enterprise. Unfortunately, however, just as he was ready to begin operations, a heavy freshet swept his plant away; and work was never resumed.