1.0Loyal Jones Appalachian Centerhttps://legacy.berea.edu/appalachian-centerrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Hs5zodx02t"><a href="https://legacy.berea.edu/appalachian-center/2014/08/26/feature-around-world-appalachia/">Around the World in Appalachia</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://legacy.berea.edu/appalachian-center/2014/08/26/feature-around-world-appalachia/embed/#?secret=Hs5zodx02t" width="600" height="338" title="“Around the World in Appalachia” — Loyal Jones Appalachian Center" data-secret="Hs5zodx02t" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://legacy.berea.edu/appalachian-center/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://legacy.berea.edu/appalachian-center/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2016/04/2014-001-0021-01_Blog.jpg376376[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”1105″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Growing up in rural Yancey County, North Carolina, I often took walks down to Prices Creek, which ran at the bottom of my driveway. I would sift through the silt to find  shining flecks of what my dad told me was called “mica.” I would return home with fistfuls, most pieces no larger […]