- Title
- State
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- Date
- December 31 1955
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- Place
- ["North Carolina, United States"]
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State
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Treasures
Underground
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Zoological survey .
The mineral resources of North
Carolina usually arc regarded from two
extreme*.
The fuel that met 300 mineral*
have been identified in North Carolina
lead* to extravagant hope*; the fact
that only a fe» of them have been
commercial!)
arc worth little.
Actually, their value ha* fluctuated
widely according to market condition*
and according to use* discovered for
them.
But the trend is sound, the
In 19-16. value of
North Caro¬
lina «rat SI4.947.238. In 1953,
value wa* S38.45S.350. showing
an industry increase of 157 per
cent in seven years.
Where We Lead
We lead the nation in production of
rrnca. feldspar, psTophyllitc.
kaolin (china clay), an
We produce tungsten, uk. <run/.
oil* me. hmeslooe. shale and day. and
other* However, the stone and the
sand and gravel industries arc the nios'
important in terms of revenue, and
North Carolina leads the South in pro¬
duction of dimension and crushed
stone. With the possible exception of
Georgia, this stale ha.* the largest de¬
posit* of panite* in the Southern Ap-
Production of granite and marble,
for building and ornamental purpose*
ha* been u significant industry for over
50 years, and the Mount Airy Granite
Company works the largest open-lace
quarry In ihe world.
f ine Glass
Ouartr (silica) mined in North
Carolina wa* used to make the 200-
mch telescope lens — largest ever
thc btatc.
оссемве»
at.
made — used at the observatory on
Palomar Mountain in California.
Large deposits of coal and iron have
been worked intermittently m the past
Copper
( от
Another example of the revival
of mining is seen in thc copper
deposits in Ashe. Now being de¬
veloped, they arc estimated to
contain several million tons of 3
per cent ore The rning demands
for copper may open «her North
There are large deposits of
minerals, already known and located,
awaiting thc mugie touch of science
and industry, l or example, the interest
in vcnniculitc touched off by the war;
I lie discover)’ that shales were good in
tiles, pipes and bricks; and thc new
demand for thc
in a c'CantK belt of
North C
Nothing belter illustrates North
Carolina's latent mineral wealth than
the rags-to-riehes tnmnnee of the tung¬
sten development in Vance County
where “worthless" rocks were found
to be worth millions
This mine i i how the largest pro¬
ducer of tungsten in the United States.
a $7 million plant at
City. Slate heretofore con¬
sidered of little value is now being
used lo make light-weight aggregate
(Solitc) at Aquadalc. in Stanly
County, at the most modern plant of
it* kind in thc South
arc being carried out in several
including invcstigjiion of
amounts" of uranium in the northwest.
Mineral companies also arc leasing ti¬
tanium (ilmcnitc) deposits in eastern
North Carolina
In 1823, North Carolina authorized
a geological survey of the state.
It was the first commonwealth to do
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