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New York
Jayville iron mining hamlet
Ghost town Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: Indian Head cents, mining tools, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1854-1920 iron mining and sawmill hamlet
Iron mining hamlet opened in 1854 that boomed when the Carthage and Adirondack Railroad reached it in 1887, then lost out to Benson Mines and to litigation in the 1890s. Sawmills kept it going for a time, a 1914 attempt to reopen the mines failed, a fire ended the hamlet and the land was sold to the state in 1920.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old mine pits, remote
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