Miner working in Pit #2 of Barton Mines. Barton Mines originated in Johnsburg in 1878 after Henry Hudson Barton discovered that crushed garnet glued to paper made excellent sandpaper. Large garnet deposits were found on the side of Gore Mountain. Garnet mining was incredibly important to the Johnsburg economy, but mining was a hard life. Miners made little […]
Workers at Hoopers Mine posing on a break. Circa 1900. North River, NY. Photo courtesy of the Johnsburg Historical Society.
Garnet mining. 1920. North River, NY. Photo courtesy of the Johnsburg Historical Society.
A man using a mule to haul ore at a garnet mine. Circa 1915. North River, NY. Photo courtesy of the Johnsburg Historical Society.
Garnet mining pits in North River. Circa 1915. North River, NY. Photo: Johnsburg Historical Society.
Early construction and excavation work on the Blake Falls hydro-electric plant, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. Circa 1955. Parishville, NY. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Central Division Photographic Department. Courtesy of the Colton Historical Society.
Early construction and excavation work on the Blake Falls hydro-electric plant, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. Circa 1955. Parishville, NY. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Central Division Photographic Department. Courtesy of the Colton Historical Society.
Early construction and excavation work on the Blake Falls hydro-electric plant in 1955, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. 1955. Parishville, NY. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Central Division Photographic Department. Courtesy of the Colton Historical Society.
Construction at Blake hydro-electric plant in 1955, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. Circa 1950s. Parishville, N.Y. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Central Division Photographic Department. Courtesy of the Colton Historical Society.
Excavation work at Blake hydro-electric generating station in Parishville by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. Circa early 1950s. Parishville N.Y. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Central Division Photographic Department. Courtesy of the Colton Historical Society.
