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Brian Elliott

Dr. Jill Lettieri

English 111

3/6/15

Search, Evaluate, and Document Qui

! "irst #ent to the lin$ %rovided that too$ me to &he Li'rar( )esearch *uide and

a"ter it too$ me to the home%age ! "ound the Data'ases ta' and clic$ed it, "ollo#ed '(

selecting the My iLibrary data'ase. ! then 'ro#sed '( su'+ects, clic$ed on &echnolog(

ta', and chose Mining Engineering/Metallurgy as m( to%ic and then selected the 'oo$

-ines, -iners and -inerals o" estern orth 0arolina estern orth 0arolina2s

idden -ineralogical &reasures.4

! used BlairPubto "ind out in"ormation a'out the author o" the 'oo$. &he authors

name is Lo#ell resnell. e is a native o" orth 0arolina and comes "rom a estern

orth 0arolina mining "amil(. Being vice %resident o" the Southern 7%%alachian -ineral

Societ( is one o" this accom%lishments. Lo#ell has researched "or several (ears a'out

the mining industr(. e has a large collection o" minerals he li$es to share #ith

schoolchildren to teach them a'out the minerals in estern orth 0arolina.

!t #ould have 'een thought that mining o%erations #ere done '( man( men 'ut,

a large %ortion o" minerals #ere mined '( small t#o8or three8man o%erations.4

9resnell:

&he author stated, During the earl( 1;

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resnell, Lo#ell. Mines, Miners, and Minerals of Western North Carolina:

Western North Carolina's Hidden Mineralogical reasures. Boone, .0. ar$#a(, . ?Lo#ell resnell.? Lo#ell resnell. John >. Blair,