Champion Mines - Oneonta, AL
N 33° 56.338 W 086° 27.532
16S E 550008 N 3755520
Champion Mines Historical Marker, Oneonta, AL
Waymark Code: WMCZB4
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 10/29/2011
Views: 6
Historical marker telling the history of iron ore mining in Blount County, Alabama. The marker is located on Hwy 231. The marker was placed by the Alabama Historical Commission.
Marker Name: Champion Mines
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
John Hanby came in 1817 and found a rich seam of brown iron ore. Named Champion in 1882 when Henry DeBardeleben and James Sloss bought land and brought L&N Railroad causing county seat to be moved from Blountsville to Oneonta in 1889. Most ore was mined by Shook and Fletcher 1925-1967 from Champion and Taits Gap mines under E. N. Vandegrift, superintendent. Ore was shipped to Woodward, T.C.I. and Sloss furnaces in Birmingham and Republic in Gadsden.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1989
Marker Number: None
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