Record #:

15212

Author(s):

Saunders, Keith

Abstract:

North Carolina leads the United States in the production of mica, and today it is an important economic asset to Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties where the mineral is found. There are at present seven companies engaged in mining or grinding mica in western North Carolina, and in 1937, North Carolina produced 1,057,316 pounds of mica, valued at $700,000.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 7 Issue 10, Aug 1939, p6

Subject(s):

Mica mines and mining--North Carolina, Western