[1] Its existence was short lived as its non-favorable mineral composition and difficult ore availability was abandoned in favor of neighboring Benson Mines, located 14 miles (23 km) down the railroad to the east.

[3] Today remnants of the hamlet can be found off the now abandoned railroad station located on New York State owned land[4] southeast of Harrisville on Jayville Road.

In 1886, upon completion of the Carthage and Adirondack Railroad to Jayville, the property was leased from Beton by the Bryon D. Benson interest.

Operation by the Bensons, under the name of the Magnetic Iron Ore Co, continued to 1888, in which year the property was abandoned in favor of the deposit at Little River (now Benson Mines)[5] 1880s: One of the most significant events if Jayville history was in 1884 when New York State commissioned the building of the Carthage and Adirondack railroad to run from Carthage to Jayville.

Prior to 1889, the Megnetic Iron Ore Company had expended a large amount of money in building a railroad to the mines at Jayville, NY, developing them and securing the property at little river, before it was finally discovered that ore of good quality, in its natural state, could not be taken from the mines in paying quantities.

It was therefore decided by the company that the only thing to be done, to save the investment in these properties, was to establish a large concentrating plant at Little River – now Benson Mines – and to extend the railroad to that point.

[9] Mr. Howard Hughes bought the mines property and sunk a lot of money pumping the water out of the old pits.

The mother lode of ore hiding under Twin Ponds was the goal, but water kept seeping in and filled them as fast as they could be pumped out.

1940s: In 1941 the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp made geologic, dip-needle and Hotchkiss superdip surveys of the area on a scale of 1:600 and drilled eight inclined holes whole total length was 2,366 feet.

As a result of this exploration, the company concluded that the property was of little interest as a potential producer of lump ore.[10] A railroad station existed at Jayville.

(437,487,451) The train schedule was published by the New York Central & Hudson Railroad and posted under the Carthage and Adirondack Branch.

1,218 tonnes of iron out of red hematite ore from Kearney or Indian Lake mine, mixed with black magnetite from the Jayville bed was used at the furnace.

It was said that the Carthage & Adirondack Railway owes its existence to Colonel Benton as he was unceasing in their errors to establish a link to the Jayville mines.

[23] In Jayville, the ore occurrences presents a phase quite dissimilar from that of Benson Mines and more like the magnetite deposits on the east side of the Adirondacks.

There are innumerable shoots, lenses and irregular bunches in which the magnetite is found showing sharp boundaries in contact with the wall rock.

Outcrops of the granite occur to the north and east within short distances where they break through and cut off the gneiss area in such a way that their intrusive character is plainly evidenced.

The intrusion has exercised also a metamorphic influence upon the deposits shown by the abundance of garnet and hornblende that often replace the magnetite almost completely.

[24] More information on the mine layout and shaft coordinates can be found in the Geological Survey professional paper, Volumes 376-377 [34] When Lump ore was at a premium, just before WWII, the Jayville property seemed promising enough to warrant exploration.

Accordingly, in 1941 the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp made geologic, dip-needle and Hotchkiss superdip surveys of the area on a scale of 1:600 and drilled eight inclined holes whole total length was 2,366 feet.

As a result of this exploration, the company concluded that the property was of little interest as a potential producer of lump ore.[25] In the winter of 1947, USGS performed a study on the Jayville mines.

The [USGS] found an unidentifiable metallic mineral in ore from two drill holes at the Jayville [magnetite] deposit.

The partnership of Robert G Post and Washington J Henderson made its first venture into the Adirondacks in the early 1890s with a small sawmill in Jayville.

John Peter Kirch would later become famous for running away on his family for a younger woman, Mrs. Hattie Covey, who was then tarred and feathered for her actions.

[29] In 1903 Nellis, Ames & Swift who ran an old and substantial lumber concern in Utica, NY purchased a timber tract of 7,000 acres around Jayville.

The mill was said to have been built using modern construction equipment and large capacity and was operated wholly in the manufacture of hardwood lumber.

He wrote to NYS in a letter, "In August last, I issued an order forming school district No 10, in the town of Pitcairn, to meet the educational wants of the mining village known as Jayville.

The parish territory included the mission at Fine and Taleville, each of which had a church, and the stations at Jayville, Edwards and Fullerville.

In 1902, NYS conducted a deer population study in the growing response for information on large animals of the Adirondack Region.

It was noted that the Adirondack deer, when properly protected, will develop a size and weight fully equal to or surpassing that of species in any other locality in North America.

[39] Title Jayville Junction: An Hour and a Half of Comedy in a Railroad Depot Denison's specialties Author Harry Lee Newton Publisher T.S.