Record #:

15130

Author(s):

Fowler, Malcolm

Abstract:

Iron mining was a one time a quite sizable industry in the Upper Cape Fear River region. There is a large body of rich ore particularly in Chatham County where numerous mills and blast furnaces took advantage of the many tributaries of the Cape Fear River.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 8 Issue 45, Apr 1941, p8-9, 20, f

Subject(s):

Cape Fear River