Georgia

a State in the South Atlantic division of the North American Union; bounded by North and South Carolina, ‘Tenne ee, Alabama, Florida, and the Atlantic Ocean; area, 59,- 475 square miles; one of the original 18 States: number of counties, 137. ron The surface of the State is irregular, rising in terraces. The coast for about 20 miles inland is low and swampy; from here it rises about 100 feet in 20 miles till, in Baldwin county, about 200 miles from the sea, an elevation of 600 feet is reached. The foot hills and mountains begin here and extend toward the an altitude of 2,500 to 4,000 eet. The State is rich in mineral resources, especially in the mountain regions N. of the Chattahoochee, and ranks second in the United States in the production of manganese; silver, emery, bituminous coal, antimony, granite, graphite, marble, magnetic and specular iron ore, zinc, limonite, tellurium, galena, mica, roofing slate, pyrites, and potter’s clay abound.