Download or read book Mines Miners and Minerals written by Lowell Presnell and published by Land of the Sky Press. This book was released on 2001-02-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mining in Western North Carolina played an important economic role in the state's history, but little has been recorded about the industry. The history books are filled with articles about frontier life, trade with Native Americans, railroad and road construction, the Civil War, and large mining operations, but history has taken individual mines for granted, and most records that still exist are found in land records. This book tells the story of how North Carolina miners and mines have arrived at where they are today.
Download or read book Mines Miners and Minerals of Western North Carolina written by Lowell Presnell and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mining in Western North Carolina played an important economic role in the state's history, but little has been recorded about the industry. The history books are filled with articles about frontier life, trade with Native Americans, railroad and road construction, the Civil War, and large mining operations, but history has taken individual mines for granted, and most records that still exist are found in land records. This book tells the story of how North Carolina miners and mines have arrived at where they are today.
Download or read book Gold Mines in North Carolina written by John Hairr and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first gold discovery in the United States occurred in 1799 when young Conrad Reed went fishing in Little Meadow Creek in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. The 17-pound nugget he found was used by his family as a doorstop until they figured out what the strange rock was. This chance discovery set off the first gold rush in the nation's history. For more than a century, men extracted gold from the rolling hills and valleys of the North Carolina piedmont, as well as from the high peaks and rugged mountains of the western part of the state. Prior to the California Gold Rush of 1849, North Carolina led the nation in production of this precious metal and was the largest gold-producing state in the South well into the 20th century.
Download or read book Down the Crabtree written by Robert J. Schabilion and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Exploration of Mining, Minerals and Gemstones in The Blue-Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina as Presented by The North Carolina Mining Museum, Little Switzerland, North Carolina. Mining, Minerals, Rocks, Formations, Geology and Gems are Reviewed for other Popular Locations in the State of North Carolina.
Download or read book The Gold Mines of North Carolina written by North Carolina Gold-Mining and Bullion Co., New York and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Down the Crabtree written by Robert J. Schabilion and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mining Industry in North Carolina During 1901 written by Joseph Hyde Pratt and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bulletin written by North Carolina. Division of Mineral Resources and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mining Industry in North Carolina written by North Carolina. Division of Mineral Resources and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Minerals of North Carolina written by Frederick Augustus Genth and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rocks Gems and Mineral Collecting Sites in Western North Carolina written by Rick James Jacquot and published by Alexander Books. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains 53 of the best sites in the North Carolina area with detailed maps and GPS coordinates. The book also contains information on restrictions and fees.
Download or read book Statistics of mines and minerals in North Carolina written by Charlotte (N.C.). Mining Board and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book There s Copper in Them Thar Hills Copper Mining in Watauga Ashe and Alleghany Counties of North Carolina written by Doug McGuinn and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wilmington, North Carolina firm of Bannister, Cowan & Company, in its glowing report titled, just as glowingly, The Resources of North Carolina: Its Natural Wealth, Condition, and Advantages, as Existing in 1869. Presented to the Capitalists and People of the Central and Northern States, wrote that "[t]he three most noted copper mines in the northwestern part of the State are the Elk Knob, Peach Bottom, and Ore Knob. ... In the southeast corner of Ashe County is another mine of some note, known as Gap Creek [aka the Copper Knob Mine]." THERE'S COPPER IN THEM THAR HILLS! contains the histories of those four mines, which, as Bannister, Cowan & Company pointed out in its report, were all located in the mountains of northwest North Carolina: the Elk Knob Mine in Watauga County, the Copper Knob Mine and the Ore Knob Mine in Ashe County, and the Peach Bottom Mine in Alleghany County.
Download or read book Gold Mining in North Carolina written by Richard F. Knapp and published by North Carolina Division of Archives & History. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first documented discovery of gold in the United States was in 1799 at John Reed's farm in Cabarrus County. This book traces the history of gold mining in North Carolina from that discovery to the twentieth century. The authors present case histories of John Reed and his mine and of the Gold Hill mining district in Rowan County, along with material on other gold mining activity in the state.
Download or read book A Rockhounding Guide to North Carolina s Blue Ridge Mountains written by Michael Streeter and published by Milestone Press (NC). This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guidebook identifying 30 rock and mineral collecting sites, including abandoned mines and prospects, in a 17-county region of western North Carolina. Includes a map and complete directions for each site, minerals to be found there, recommended tools and historical details, if known.
Download or read book The Mining Industry in North Carolina During 1903 written by Joseph Hyde Pratt and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mining Industry in North Carolina During 1913 17 Inclusive written by Joseph Hyde Pratt and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
