In 1889, Henry Barton bought land near the summit of Gore Mountain for 10 cents an acre and started a garnet mine. Judy Brown says that there were around 13 garnet mines in the Adirondacks, ...

Barton is one of two hard-rock garnet mines in the country. It produces abrasives from the garnet removed from Ruby Mountain. It is located in the towns of Johnsburg in Warren County and Indian ...

For the first time in nearly a quarter century, a freight train made the trip this week from North Creek to the Barton garnet mine six miles... Aug 10, 2012 — For the first time in nearly a ...

Barton produces abrasives from Ruby Mountain’s garnet. Its operations are in the towns of Johnsburg and Indian Lake and the mine is adjacent to the 114,000-acre Siamese Ponds Wilderness.

Barton Mines makes and sells garnet abrasives, and replacement parts, for waterjet cutting systems. In 2010 Miller was hired as a regional sales manager. His “Employee Agreement” barred ...

Barton Mines has been in operation in the Adirondacks for nearly 150 years, mining garnet for industrial water-jet use. Now, after five years of work, it’s getting close to donating a ...

One of the most unique of these is searching for garnet stones at the original Barton Garnet Mine in North River, a short drive from North Creek where Gore Mountain Ski Center is located.