ON THE COVER
Located in a region containing the richest known deposits of lithium ore in the world, Foote Mineral Company's mining plant near Kings Mountain, N. C., extracts this valuable substance from the earth and ships it via Southern Railway to its Sunbright, Va., chemical plant for further processing.
Several miles from this site, Southern also serves the chemical plant of the Lithium Corporation of America. These Southern - served companies are two of the three major producers of lithium in the United States.
Some of the fascinating facts about lithium - the lightest metal yet discovered - are told in an article.