Lanier is the largest lake in Georgia, having nearly 700 miles of shoreline spread over 38,000 acres. The water in Lake Lanier comes from Georgiaâs Blue Ridge Mountains.
fine gold. Almost pure gold; the value of bullion gold depends on its percentage of fineness. In placer mining, gold in exceedingly small particles.
The gold standard is a monetary system in which paper money is freely convertible into a fixed amount of gold. In other words, in such a monetary system gold backs the value of money. Between 1696 and 1812, the development and formalization of the gold standard began as the introduction of paper money posed some problems.