[Rockhounds] Bog Iron in the Northeast

[gary brown]

Yeh... I grew up with that, too.  "Lost in the veil of time..."

G c B

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Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Bog Iron in the Northeast

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,
>
>
> 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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