Editing Mineral, Virginia (section)

==History==
{{See also|Virginia gold mining}}
Mineral was originally known as Tolersville,<ref>The town was founded by Adam Toler.  He was born on November 30, 1766, in Louisa County, Virginia, and died on March 20, 1813, in [[Chesterfield, Virginia]]. He was the son of William Toler and Hannah Brockman.

He married in 1785 as her second husband, Mary Jerdone. She was born on January 14, 1754, at New Kent County, Virginia, the daughter of [[Jerdone Castle|Frances Jerdone]] was born in [[Jedburgh]] in the Shire of Tivotdale, [[Scotland]], on January 30, 1721. He was the son of John Jerdone, a magistrate and treasurer of the town. At the age of nineteen, he immigrated to Virginia from Scotland and settled in Hanover County,Yorktown; and later in Louisa County. He made his living as a merchant (factor), running a mercantile business with George Pottie until his death in 1771.

Mary Jerdone married as her first husband, in 1771, George Pottie. He died prior to 1785 when she married Adam Toler.</ref> 
but adopted its current name when it incorporated in 1902 due to the mining industry that supported the community. It was the center of gold mining activity in Louisa County; during its heyday, there were fifteen gold mines located within two miles (3&nbsp;km) of the town. A zinc and lead mine also operated in the area into the 1970s.

[[Cuckoo (Mineral, Virginia)|Cuckoo]], [[Harris-Poindexter House and Store]], and the [[Mineral Historic District]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

At 1:51&nbsp;p.m. on August 23, 2011, a [[2011 Virginia earthquake|5.8 magnitude earthquake]] was centered 5&nbsp;miles (8&nbsp;kilometers) south-southwest of Mineral, at a depth of 3.7&nbsp;miles (6&nbsp;kilometers).<ref>[https://archive.today/20111008033904/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/usc0005ild.php Magnitude 5.8 - VIRGINIA<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> According to Associated Press, it "forced evacuations of all the monuments on the National Mall in Washington and rattled nerves from Florida to Canada."<ref>{{cite news| url = http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_EAST_COAST_QUAKE?SITE=INEVA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181009211327/http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_EAST_COAST_QUAKE?SITE=INEVA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT| url-status = dead| archive-date = October 9, 2018| title = Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast| work = Associated Press (AP)| date = August 23, 2011| access-date = August 23, 2011}}</ref> The roof of Mineral's town hall collapsed, and three of the six schools in the county's school system suffered heavy damage. There were no fatalities, and only minor injuries.