AREA HISTORY:  Iron Ore Interests, Codorus and North Codorus Township, York 
County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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IRON ORE INTERESTS – Page 703

Vast quantities of iron ore have been obtained in North Codorus; among the 
leading mines are the following:  The Codorus, or Strickhouser’s Mine is one of 
the most widely known in York County.  It was originally opened in 1854 by John 
Musselman, and for a long time worked by the York Iron Company.  The ore is a 
hard compact slate with micaceous and magnetic ore.  The ore was mined from an 
open cut.  It contained nearly forty per cent of metallic iron.  The Thomas Iron 
Company of Hockendauqua, Schuylkill Co., Penn., for the past twenty years, has 
taken out many thousands of tons in this township, and has operated several 
banks.  On Geiselman’s farm, near Seven Valley, the ore produced fifty-two per 
cent metallic iron.  The Codorus Mining Company has operated a number of banks.  
There are vast treasurers of valuable ore in this township yet undeveloped.