Record #:

18594

Author(s):

Margolin, Peter R.

Abstract:

Prehistoric mining activity in the Blue Ridge Mountains during the Woodland period is a neglected aspect of North Carolina history. Abundant evidence was still visible in the early 20th-century before it was destroyed by modern mining activity. This article presents an introductory study of mica mining at the Sink Hole Mica Mine in Bandana, North Carolina.

Source:

North Carolina Archaeology (NoCar E 78 S55 S6), Vol. 49 Issue , Oct 2000, p43-58, bibl, f

Subject(s):

Mica mines and mining--North Carolina--Prehistoric