Pyrite Iron Co Missouri

Missouri Mines Mining Artifacts

iron mine pilot knob, iron Co MO missouri currently produces less than two percent of the coal in the united states but it has a history of commercial coal mining predating the civil war. missouri began mining coal in the and was the first commercial coal mining state west of the mississippi river.historic mining records iron has identified mines listed in the diggings. the most commonly listed primary commodities in iron mines are iron lead and copper At the time these mines were surveyed, mines in iron were observed to have ore mineralization in an outcrop, shallow pit, or isolated drill holeknown as an