Garfield County News | 1938-04-28 | Page 2 | North Carolina Has Vast Supply of Ore of Lithium

north carolina has vast supply of ore of lithium raleigh N C millions of tons of ore of feather light silvery lithium lightest metal known have been located in north carolina near kings mountain of revolutionary war tame fame since the first discovery of the crystalline white mineral by frank hess united states bureau of mines geologist in 1036 1936 hundreds of thousands of tons stick up above the ground where they can be cheaply quarried and more lies near the surface reports norman herman J bryson north carolina state geologist these deposits are the largest known in the world lithium is used as a hardener in lead and aluminum alloys and in various medicines its compounds are aro sro used in pottery and glass manufacture storage battery electrolytes photographic processes as a i coloring agent in signal flares and in several chemical processes