Features:
The Story of
a Meteorite
What happens when a meteorite falls to Earth? Where
does it end up? What information does it contain about its parent
asteroid or the solar system? The associate curator of the national
meteorite collection answers these questions through the story of one unique
meteorite that fell in Burnwell, Ken., and has become a valuable research
specimen.
Timothy McCoy
The Gold Rush
in North Carolina
Long before the 1848 start of the
gold rush in California, young Conrad Reed discovered a 17-pound gold nugget
in Meadow Creek in central North Carolina in 1799. Unknown to most, it
was this modest event that marked the beginning of the country’s first
gold rush. Thus 1999 marks the 200th anniversary of this discovery, as
well as the 175th anniversary of the North Carolina Geological Survey.
Dennis LaPoint, a Carolina economic geologist, offers a description of
gold exploration and geological discovery in North Carolina, and a sobering
perspective on the future of mining in the southeast.
Dennis J. LaPoint
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