CHESTER 1929 UNCOVER OLD LEAD MINE AT CHESTER
State Highway Workmen in Widening Road Make Discovery of Mine Abandoned in 1865

Chester, Nov. 17-Employees of the Lane Construction corporation of Meriden, Ct., who are engaged in the task of widening and filling the road in preparation for the building of a new state highway, uncovered the entrance to an old black lead mine near Red Bridge, two miles east of the town, yesterday. The mine was at first believed to be for copper and a part of the prospecting activity of the late Dr Harmon S. Lucas, who discovered emery ore in these hills, but H. L. Pomeroy, one of Chester’s oldest residents, says that is is a lead mine, operated by a Mr Truesdell on property owned by Enos Smith.  The mine was soon abandoned in 1865 because of the poor quality of the product. The entrance was blocked by timbers and later completely obliterated by a landslide.

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