Today, all that remains are the crumbled ruins of the iron furnace, a few concrete foundations, and the brick safe of Dave Ebert's company store.

Oreton was a New York Coal Company mining town.

The town had a post office from 1880 to 1950, as well as a church (Azariah McManis was the caretaker), and as many as 70 houses for the miners and families, most of them built by a Bert Harder.

[citation needed] A number of coal and iron ore mines were in the area.

Superintendent of the Eagle's Furnace was Samuel T. Benner, a Civil War veteran of Company L, 12th Ohio Cavalry.