After the discovery of a 17-pound nugget in Little Meadow Creek, North Carolina, the state became a major hotbed of gold mining as a part of the first American gold rush in 1799. Early discoveries ...

1 of 5 — Main Street Gold Hill NC Looking South_ Men in front of the Post Office-Three Corner Store.jpg Courtesy Vivian Hopkins and Historic Gold Hill and Mines Foundation, Inc. 2 of 5 — Union Copper ...

Elevated levels of lithium, rubidium and cesium have been detected in waters associated with the historic Kings Mountain Mine, west of Charlotte, North Carolina, raising questions about the potential ...

After decades of stagnation, the Tar Heel State is the beneficiary of a lithium rush fueled by demand for car batteries. Albermarle, the world’s largest lithium producer, is trying to restart a mine ...

Closures from storm damage could lead to supply-chain bottlenecks - and price increases - for the chips used in AI, smartphones and cars A tiny mining town in western North Carolina was among those ...