“I tell people I see gold all over the ground throughout the state, and all we have to do is grab it,” she later told the AJC. In August 2023, Smith spearheaded the creation of ETAG, a nonprofit on a ...

We explored the Dawson Forest in North Georgia in search of old gold mines—and found some incredible ones, thanks to tips from local explorers. With their help, we tracked down some of the larger and ...