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 The two adits to the Laurel Hill Mine pictured here in 2008. |
The Laurel Hill MineThe Laurel Hill Mine was first worked before 1857 and was known at various times as the Laurel, Red, or Laurel Hill Mine. It has been improperly referred to as the Roomy Mine in modern times and credited toward Benjamin Roome, a local land surveyor. This name has little historical credibility. An adit tunnel was driven into the hillside intersecting a vein 4 feet thick pitching approximately 58° northeast. Prior to 1857, the vein had been worked for a distance of 60 feet. Around 1890, the mine was re-explored but it is unknown how much ore was removed since and unlikely any ore was removed after this time. After intersecting the vein, the adit tunnel was driven further reaching a minor parallel vein of ore uneconomical to mine. An inclined shaft was also sunk into this vein from the surface. |
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