Tilly Foster Mine
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Tilly Foster Mine is a historic iron ore mine in Putnam County, New York, noted for its rich mineral deposits and role in the region’s 19th-century mining industry.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tilly Foster Mine canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2401200 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tilly Foster Mine Context triple: [Tilly Foster, knownFor, Tilly Foster Mine]
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A.
Kennedy Mine
Kennedy Mine is a historic hard-rock gold mine in California that was once one of the deepest and most productive gold mines in North America.
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B.
North Star Mine
North Star Mine is a historic gold mine and landmark in Grass Valley, California, that played a significant role in the region’s 19th- and early 20th-century mining industry.
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C.
Tioga Mine
Tioga Mine was a historic silver mining operation in the Sierra Nevada of California that gave its name to nearby Tioga Pass.
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D.
El Teniente mine
El Teniente mine is one of the world’s largest underground copper mines, located in central Chile and operated by the state-owned company Codelco.
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E.
Geita Gold Mine
Geita Gold Mine is one of Tanzania’s largest open-pit gold mines, operated by AngloGold Ashanti and located near the town of Geita in the country’s northwest.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tilly Foster Mine Target entity description: Tilly Foster Mine is a historic iron ore mine in Putnam County, New York, noted for its rich mineral deposits and role in the region’s 19th-century mining industry.
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A.
Kennedy Mine
Kennedy Mine is a historic hard-rock gold mine in California that was once one of the deepest and most productive gold mines in North America.
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B.
North Star Mine
North Star Mine is a historic gold mine and landmark in Grass Valley, California, that played a significant role in the region’s 19th- and early 20th-century mining industry.
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C.
Tioga Mine
Tioga Mine was a historic silver mining operation in the Sierra Nevada of California that gave its name to nearby Tioga Pass.
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D.
El Teniente mine
El Teniente mine is one of the world’s largest underground copper mines, located in central Chile and operated by the state-owned company Codelco.
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E.
Geita Gold Mine
Geita Gold Mine is one of Tanzania’s largest open-pit gold mines, operated by AngloGold Ashanti and located near the town of Geita in the country’s northwest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
ⓘ
iron ore mine ⓘ |
| closed |
around 1916
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early 20th century ⓘ |
| commodity | iron ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| currentStatus | abandoned mine ⓘ |
| currentUse | historic and recreational area vicinity ⓘ |
| depth | over 600 feet ⓘ |
| discovered | early 19th century ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | Hudson Highlands metamorphic terrane ⓘ |
| hazard |
flooded underground workings
ⓘ
unstable mine openings ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfActivity |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ mid-19th century ⓘ |
| knownFor |
19th-century iron mining
ⓘ
diverse mineral specimens ⓘ rich mineral deposits ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York
ⓘ
surface form:
New York State
Putnam County, New York ⓘ Town of Southeast, New York ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Tilly Foster Farm Museum ⓘ |
| mineral |
allanite-(Ce)
ⓘ
apatite ⓘ calcite ⓘ chalcocite ⓘ chalcopyrite ⓘ danburite ⓘ epidote ⓘ hedenbergite ⓘ magnetite ⓘ prehnite ⓘ pyrite ⓘ pyrrhotite ⓘ quartz ⓘ sphalerite ⓘ tremolite ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Tilly Foster ⓘ |
| near |
Brewster, New York
ⓘ
Croton Falls, New York ⓘ |
| opened | circa 1850s ⓘ |
| oreType | magnetite iron ore ⓘ |
| partOf | Hudson Highlands iron mining district ⓘ |
| region |
Hudson Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Lower Hudson Valley
|
| significance |
important regional iron producer in 19th century
ⓘ
noted mineral collecting locality ⓘ |
| transportConnection | New York and Harlem Railroad ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tilly Foster Mine Description of subject: Tilly Foster Mine is a historic iron ore mine in Putnam County, New York, noted for its rich mineral deposits and role in the region’s 19th-century mining industry.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.