ORE KNOB MINE
Copper mine operated intermittently, 1850s to 1962. Site of Ore Knob, boom mining town, inc. 1875. Shafts 1 mile N.
M-28Ashe County
Where it stands. NC 88 at SR 1595 (Little Peak Road) east of Jefferson
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