Record #:

13174

Author(s):

Galloway, Harry

Abstract:

Located in Ashe County and chartered in 1875, the town of Ore Knob was once a village of over 500 individuals, subsisting on profits from the copper industry. Originally a quest for iron deposits, mining efforts in Ashe refocused on copper after analysis of iron yielded high concentrations of copper.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 22 Issue 7, Aug 1954, p30-31, 34, il

Subject(s):

Copper