[Rockhounds] Bog Iron in the Northeast

[larryrush at att.net]

Ron: Connecticut was once a major producer of bog iron, early in the
settlements. There is a story (I have not verified this) that bog iron from
the Salisbury District was used to create a chain to span the Hudson River
during the Revolutionary War.
Many towns in CT contributed to bog iron production in the early years, from
the shoreline up to Mass. The ones around Litchfield County were noted to
have left heaps of bog ore raked out of swampy areas when the smelters took
over for iron making.
I have not personally looked for any of these old heaps, but they exist, if
anecdotally, in the older towns there. It might be worth checking with the
local library historians in some of those NW  CT or So. Mass. towns, and
poking around where the producing sites were. Maybe by digging in anomalous
piles, you might uncover some, quietly rusting away over the decades.

Larry Rush
Guilford, CT

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Subject: [Rockhounds] Bog Iron in the Northeast

Hello,


Would anyone know if there are any localities of bog iron that would be open
to collectors in the northeast United States?  Hoping that there would be
enough ore available on site to be able to smelt a generous amount of bloom
iron.


Ron

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