Record #:

11323

Author(s):

Chapman, Ashton

Abstract:

North Carolina is the only state where significant quantities of emeralds have been found in the country. J. Adlai D. Stevenson, a prominent Statesville merchant and mineral collector, discovered the first emerald in Alexander County in 1875. Discoveries in Mitchell and Cleveland Counties followed shortly thereafter.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 33 Issue 23, May 1966, p16, 30, il

Subject(s):

Emerald mines and mining; Emerald deposits