Show copper mica and lead before and aad after columbus this thi as i the way the mound bujer builder looked a the copper hoard as a it looks today of solid ingots ingols thousand housand years year ago ag o with his hi wealth when he five copper axes and many gorgeous spear points and lived at the king mounds an ancient buried various other things all illustrated in color in mrs mr city wickliffe kentucky blanche busey kings king new book under your feet by COL FAIN WHITE KING research director of archaeology of kentucky with every miner digging into the bowels of the earth after th the e ire iredious cious war materials copper nica and lead one is prone to wonder if such feverish activity ever preva prevailed ailed to such limits yes we have records of the prehistoric mound builder accumulating meager quantities of these minerals over a lifelong life long period by means of primitive mining and energetic trade and commerce however in no vast quantities such as is produced today michigan and the west produce ninety five percent of the copper mined in this country today the mound builder secured his copper from michigan and the isle royale district above is shown the copper wealth as it looks today as found in kentucky and the way the mound builder looked when he be tore ore it a thousand years ago this can be seen in colors in mrs blanche busey kings new look book under your feet copper is used today in electrical appliances telegraph telephone radio and air pl nes every ship built requires quantities of copper copper will win the war save it prior to the present war india and foreign countries furnished most of our mica today we are dependent upon north carolina canada brazil and a few seat scat teed teed minor sources the ai apparent parent consumption of sheet mica in the united states during 1940 exceeded all previous records and much of it came from north carolina long before columbus discovered america the aboriginal peoples were mining 0 mica in north carolina using it for mirrors ornaments and shiny decorations the sent crews of Ivor workmen kmen to these old primitive diggings and men were able to make about about two dollars a day taking mica from flom these very same workings that the primitive workman had discovered and used about a thousand years ago mica is a nonconductor non conductor of electricity and heat it is used in con censors den sors radios and electrical equipment muscovite or mica can be split into thin sheets punched and stamped it is also ground and used as covering or insulation for electrical wiring as well as for many varied uses in industry lead has served its usefulness as bullets but not as an essential war material shells and cartridges are made of steel and explosives except fuses and other small parts which often use lead the principal use of lead is in the manufacture of storage batteries every eiery tank truck airplane submarine and radio must have batteries second place in the use of lead is is for paint and cable covering all war wai equipment in must u s t be pa pain into tc the mound builder used lead ich lie he had never learned to melt but used in its original c orni galena alena to shape and fashion into ornaments and ear plugs and for personal adornment the mound maunu builder secured his lead from joplin missouri area come and see the greatest collection of n maral mineral mc ral V point pint rocks and tools in the tha antl entire re world taken from one cito of tle the mound builder at kentucky an ancient buried city for ten years with or anrew cod sticks spoons and small aff bru brusha the writer and his difo mrs blanche bussy busey kin king with a staff of archaeologists ova have bosn the rol romantic tin ceic story of th the 0 first people e that lived in cur cm zi rich ch and glorious country oi |