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A view looking toward Hickory Hill circa early 1900's. |
The mine was producing 72,000 tons of ore annually by 1868.
A very important vein worked was the Elizabeth which was actually an ore
shoot of the Teabo vein. Its thickness ranged from 6 feet to 25 feet, dipped
72 degrees southeast and pitched 25 to 35 degrees northeast. The ore was
accessed via the Elizabeth Tunnel, an adit driven for approximately 850
feet southwest where the ore was worked by connecting shafts. Slightly northeast
of the adit, the mine was worked from the Elizabeth Shaft to work a deeper
portion of the vein. By 1909, the "Elizabeth Mine" as this part
of the operation was called, was worked about 500 feet beneath the collar
of the Elizabeth Shaft and for a horizontal distance of more than 1,700
feet (the Elizabeth Shaft was eventually deeped to 1,120 feet).
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