Martha,it may be long out of print but,when I was in Attalla grammer school in the late 50's early 60's there was a book about the mines,I have no idea what it was called but our teacher brought it in to explain why the area behind the school was completely off limits,there was a mine entrance there. There are three others that I know of and a couple of streets named after Hammond,I had a devil of a time keeping my 3 son's away from them. Check the Gadsden Library and see if they know about this book.I don't know if this helps but I do remember the book. Donna >> Subject:    [31] mines in Etowah Ala are they any one that know about the mines in Alabama. i am Searching for info on Hammond mines number 2 . that was in Etowah around 1900 . like to know a littie about it if any one can help it would be appreciate . Martha<< [email protected](Donna) McFarland~Sherman~Hughes Battles~Hilton~Crump~Lee