1993

Here's an interesting piece of equipment left over from the second mining operation at Cranberry. It appears to be a crane without any cab sheet-metal. I'm assuming it too was recycled when Elizabethton Herb and Metal cleaned out all the old machinery and buildings in 1997. This was positioned outside the mine on a hilltop overlooking a hole down into the mine. It didn't take much thought to figure that it was picking up ore from its outside position to the hillside where it could be hauled away. But...who knows. Perhaps it was used for something we never thought of. It looks like the mine operations may have lasted longer than the crane did. There should be somebody still around that worked in this operation who could explain some of the daily activities around here. It seems as if we know more about the operations from over 100 years ago than we do about this company from just 40 years ago.