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| Keywords: ruffner birmingham irondale iron steel mine Ruffner No. 2 Mine (originally part of the Irondale Mines or Upper Sloss Mines) was an ore mine operating from about 1886 to 1953 on the southeastern slopes of Ruffner Mountain to supply the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company with red iron ore. The mine's ore crusher and other ruins remain as points of interest in the Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve. The mine originally employed drift mining techniques to access exposed outcrops of the soft iron-rich Irondale Seam and some parallel outcrops of the Big Seam. These workings proceeded generally at a slight rise to allow for drainage, and did not follow the seam below ground into the depths of the mountain. Ruffner No. 1 mine preserves the most evidence of that type of ore mining in the Birmingham District. Ruffner No. 2 Mine (originally part of the Irondale Mines or Upper Sloss Mines) was an ore mine operating from about 1886 to 1953 on the southeastern slopes of Ruffner Mountain to supply the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company with red iron ore. The mine's ore crusher and other ruins remain as points of interest in the Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve. The mine originally employed drift mining techniques to access exposed outcrops of the soft iron-rich Irondale Seam and some parallel outcrops of the Big Seam. These workings proceeded generally at a slight rise to allow for drainage, and did not follow the seam below ground into the depths of the mountain. Ruffner No. 1 mine preserves the most evidence of that type of ore mining in the Birmingham District. | ||||
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