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Old Irontown pioneer iron works
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What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: foundry scrap, tools, household items.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1868-1876 Mormon iron furnace settlement
A second Mormon attempt to make iron from Iron Mountain ore, founded in 1868 with a school, blacksmith, charcoal kilns and a foundry. Litigation pressures and the Panic of 1873 closed it and the settlement was abandoned in 1876.View source →
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