Powerhouse, Lyon Mountain Mine.
Photos taken in August 2011 by CandyCat13
Lyon Mountain
Mine, Clinton County. This was the site of an old iron mine on the edge of
Lyon Mountain. It was started in 1871 by the Bethlehem Steel Company and
produced 5,000,000 tons of ore between it's opening and 1919, after 1903 it was
owned by the Chateaugay Ore & Iron Company. It was said that it was some of the
finiest ore in the world and some of it was even used on the Golden Gate Bridge.
162 men died in this mine over the years. The mine was closed in 1967.
 Good
link on the history and technical info on the Lyon Mountain Mine.
Link
from Infiltration 'Zine with lots more pics.
Slideshow
showing some photos from when the mine was functioning.
You
can buy a book about Lyon Mountain Miners.
More
external pics and photos of the village and mountains, etc (see page 2 on that
site also).
Candycat13
writes "Since moving here in 1995 this has been one of my 'obsessions'. I have
been to the Lyon Mt museum (dragging my husband w/ me) and fully recommend it to
anyone who attempts a visit to the mine first. They have a wealth of info and a
remarkable ability to make you understand and feel what these miners and thir
families went thru. Many of the volunteers are the reletives of a former miners.
The mine remenants are open if you dare to go. I absolutely love this place!!! I
have over 70 pics of the mines works inside and out. I can find my around there
in the dark (except for the lower stages...Even light does not penetrate that
far...I am brave ..but not that BRAVE.) I don't know why more people don't go
and enjoy the 'air'.
Just a note... there are a few black, bottomless holes..
don't go traipsing around in the first building w/out a good light."
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More pictures from the Lyon Mountain
Mine. Old loading spot.
Blast furnace.
Taken from the fifth floor.
Photos taken in August 2011 by CandyCat13
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More, from inside one of the Lyon
Mountain Mine buildings.
Photos taken in August 2011 by CandyCat13
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More exterior photos of the mine
buildings.
Photos taken in August 2011 by CandyCat13
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Date 01/12. Photos by CharlieB.
First Baptist church on North Chapel St. in
Gowanda, near the border of Erie and Cattaragaus counties. Of note
- a sign in a nearby village mentions that it is 926 feet above sea level.
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Date 01/12. Photos by CharlieB.
More photos of the First Baptist church.
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