page_title: Tahawus, New York
section_title: Mine reopening
hierarchical_section_title: Tahawus, New York / History / Mine reopening
context_page_description: Tahawus was a village in the Town of Newcomb, Essex County, New York, United States. It is now a ghost town situated in the Adirondack Park. Tahawus is located in Essex County within the unpopulated northern area designated to the town of Newcomb. Tahawus was the site of major mining and iron smelting operations in the 19th century. Although standing as recently as 2005, the last mining facilities have since been demolished and removed.
  It was in Tahawus in 1901 that Vice President Theodore Roosevelt learned President William McKinley was dying.
  The Adirondack Iron and Steel Company was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
context_section_description: In 1940 a new mine opened, this time for the purpose of obtaining the titanium dioxide that had been partly responsible for the previous mine's commercial failure. In 1940 National Lead Industries reopened the mines along Sanford Lake. This location, known as the Lower Works, was about a mile south of the original operation. A new community was established in 1943 for the mine workers which was called Tahawus. By 1945, Tahawus had 84 buildings. Some of the buildings left over at Adirondac were also used. Forty million tons of titanium were extracted at the National Lead Industries' mines before operations ceased in 1989.
caption: Pile of tailings, 1973
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