Ore Bank
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This photograph shows a group of workers mining iron ore from a hillside in Virginia. This would have been similar to the iron mining done in Kentucky. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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Caney Furnace
Historical Marker #1226 in Bath County includes a history of the furnace built on Caney Fork, a branch of the Licking River.
Harrison Connor and Joshua Ewing, Sr., began constructing the Caney Furnace in 1837. Ewing operated the Bourbon Iron…