rises in W Avery County and flows NW into Elk River.

rises in N Jackson County and flows SW into Hornbuckle Creek.

rises in W Yadkin County and flows SE into South Deep Creek.

central Avery County between Minneapolis and Cranberry. Alt. 3,500.

surface iron mines in N central Avery County. Believed to have been worked by Cherokee Indians. Discovered by white settlers in 1781; worked from 1826, most actively from 1865 to 1930. Supplied iron to the Confederacy. See also Cranberry.

high ground in N Tyrrell County surrounded by peat lands N of community of Levels.

NW Burke County. Alt. 4,223.

N Jackson County between Cranberry Creek and Hornbuckle Creek.

SW Alleghany County.

W Avery County.