October 1995

Cranberry Iron Mine Abandoned Equipment

There was a lot of junk machinery left on the hillsides from the 60s mining operation at the Cranberry Mine. I wish I had taken lots more photos of it before it got taken away by Elizabethton Herb and Metal in 1997. Johnny Graybeal inspects a cool modified bulldozer that had probably been parked in that same spot for over 30 years. That's some of the old mine conveyors and equipment in the background.