[Rockhounds] Bog Iron in the Northeast

[jim at sauktown.com]

The story I always heard was that the iron used for the chain across  
the Hudson came from a mine in Ringwood, NJ. There are links from that  
chain at Ringwood Manor in New Jersey (and also at West Point (USMA).
Jim Daly

Quoting 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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> Hello,
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> 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.
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> Ron
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