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Stone Mountain, the world's greatest monolith, may, properly be called "Eighth Wonder of the World". This huge rock has over 16,000,000,000 cubic feet of exposed granite. It is seven miles around the base and seven hundred feet highr than the surrounding plain, 1,600 feet above the sea level. Confederate Memorial is carved on the Mountain Side. Georgia State Capitol - Atlanta, Ga. The georgia State Capitol stands unique among all other public buildings in the United States as the one which cost exactly the amount of the original and only appropriation made for it. The building cost $1,000,000.00 and no more. In March, 1959, the dome was gold plated with 43 oz, of gold dust donated by the citizens of Lumpkin County. |
