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Re: (erielack) Uranium shipments from the Sussex Branch.

Mike,

I spoke with Bob Dennis, a longtime and current resident of Cranberry 
Lake.  He was in High School when the Charlotte mine was active in the 50's.

Bob states that while he didn't walk down and see the mine, he remembers 
big trucks using South Shore Dr. to haul the stuff out.  He doesn't 
believe the railroad was involved at all, and I guarantee that he'd know 
if it was in use AFTER the official abandonment.  He's a train watcher.

So, unless there's a paper train or photos, I don't know what to say 
about those private pdf files.

Dave

> From: Michael DeCarlo <mikedc3_@_optonline.net>
> 
> Hi, Does anyone on the list know anything about Uranium being shipped out
> from the Sussex branch during the late DLnW and early EL years?
> 
> Just South of Cranberry Lake is a mine called The Charlotte Uranium 
> mine. It
> was open from 1958 to 1968. During those years 95 tons of ore were removed.
> I have just gotten access to an invite only section of a mining web site
> where several .PDF files are stored. One of them describes part of the
> operation here. It says the ore was loaded into a truck and then into 2 
> cars
> on the "nearby DLnW RR" The ore was then shipped to Snake River Wyoming.
> There was no siding to the mine which was a good 1500 feet from the RR.
> 
> Does anyone remember anything about this? I'm wondering where and how 
> the RR
> cars were loaded. Since the mine closed in 68, and Dave Rutan's site has 
> the
> Sussex Branch out of service by 1969, Could this have been the last traffic
> over the Sussex Branch?
> 
> I would share this .PDF if I could but, like I said it's on an invite only
> site. You can however see what this mine looked like in 1969 here:
> 
> http://www.abandonedmines.net/charlotte/charlotte.html
> 
> You can access this mine off of the Sussex Branch Trail. If you walk from
> Waterloo Rd. find the second sign marking the "Iron Mine Trail" (the trail
> is a loop) and walk in. To the left you will see a mine tunnel going in
> about 10 feet into the hill. Make a right here and go down the hill. You
> will find the mine remains near a big pile of mine waste rock. Most of the
> mine has been filled\covered but there is 1 shaft left that is blocked with
> iron bars.
> 
> I'd be interested to hear any more about this obscure EL operation.
> 
> Mike D.
> 
> 
> 

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