The iron ore from the Brandy Creek mine was brown hematite or limonite—wth recorded iron contents of 51.1% iron and 46.8%—and was relatively rich compared to contemporary iron ore deposits in England. The THIC won a bronze medal for the iron ore that it exhibited at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, and first prize in its class for iron ore at the Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition of 1875.