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Repository	North Carolina State Archives
Title	Gold Hill Mining District
Date Published	circa 1908
Date Depicted	circa 1908
Creator - Individual	Laney, Francis Baker, 1875-1938.
Creator - Organization	North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey.
Place of Publication	Washington, D.C.
Publisher	Norris Peters Co.
Caption	Upper right margin: "Bulletin 21, Plate III." Lower right margin: "The Norris Peters Co., Washington, D.C. Plate IV." Upper left corner: "N.C. Geological and Economic Survey. Joseph Hyde Pratt, State Geologist." Upper right corner: "Areal Geology." Lower right corner: "Geology by F. B. Laney 1907-1908." Lower left corner: "Traverse by R. L. Harrison, Asst. Topographer U.S.G.S. 1907."
Abstract	Color print, mounted on linen. The map portrays the Gold Hill district in Rowan and Cabarrus counties and shows the locations of mines, roads, railroads, houses, churches, ferries, cities and towns, stores, mills, county boundaries, and waterways. The composition of the underlying rock in the area (granite, slate, diorite, gabbro, and greenstone) is indicated by colors that are explained in a legend appearing in the lower right corner of the map. Cross sections of the rock strata are found at the bottom of the map below the neat line. Oriented with north to the upper left.
Bibliographic Note	This map was formerly classified as M.C. 93.1-B
Related Item	Accompanied Laney's thesis, The Gold Hill Mining District of North Carolina, presented to Yale University for the degree of doctor of philosophy in June 1908.
Type	Geological
Details	Colors County Boundaries Creeks and Streams Houses Mills Mines and Mineral Deposits Places of Worship Railroads Roads Stores
Subject - Geographic	Gold Hill (N.C.) -- Maps.
Subject - Topical	Mines and mineral resources -- North Carolina -- Rowan County -- Maps. Mines and mineral resources -- North Carolina -- Cabarrus County -- Maps.
Places Depicted	Gold Hill (N.C.) Rowan County (N.C.) Cabarrus County (N.C.)
West Longitude	-80.45
East Longitude	-80.28
North Latitude	35.56
South Latitude	35.38
Scale	1:48,000
Size	81.3 x 52 cm.
Medium	Paper
Format	Maps
Language	English
Digital Collection	North Carolina Maps
Host	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sponsor	North Carolina Maps is made possible by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina.;
Call Number	MC.159.1908n;MARS Id 3.6.1.8

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