Boguestown Mines

The Boguestown Mines were several zinc and iron mines outside Boguestown. These mines were built in the late 18th century and for some 120 years were the most lucrative mines in Brunant. The mines held mostly zinc, but there was significant iron deposits to leave the ground colored red. What little iron there was was mied by 1860 and zinc, highly lucrative at the time became the focus of the mine. By 1900 it was becoming expensive to operate it, since the owners were forced to go deeper in search of smaller deposits of zinc. In 1917 operations temporarily ceased and were set to resume later on but the postwar recession led the owners to sell the mines and cease operations.