Record #:

11715

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Settled in 1752 by Moravian Bishop Spangenberg, Alexander County is a small region in the North Carolina Piedmont. Predominately inhabited by descendants of Scotch-Irish or Anglo-Saxon immigrants, Alexander County is known for a variety of short-lived entrepreneurial ventures, most notably mining of the emerald-spodumen, also known as the Lithia emerald.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 32 Issue 21, Mar 1965, p8-10, 17-19, il

Subject(s):

Mines and mineral resources--Alexander County; Lithia Emerald