Record #:

8645

Author(s):

Westveer, Brian

Abstract:

The North Carolina Mining Museum in Little Switzerland preserves the old ways of mining feldspar. Work that was once done by men, women, and children in Mitchell and Yancey counties is now almost completely mechanized. Mitchell County remains the major U.S. source for feldspar.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 49 Issue 1, June 1981, p14-15, il

Subject(s):

Mines and mineral resources--Mitchell County; Museums--Little Switzerland; Mines and mineral resources--Yancy County