Woodward Iron Company operated the Songo slope mine on Red Mountain. The mine opened sometime after 1880, when the Alice Furnace began operation. In 1917, TCI gained control over the northern railroad on Red Mountain, creating difficulties for Woodward's Songo ore mine. Their solution was to drop a 384 foot deep shaft directly into the existing mine workings below. This working became known as the Redding shaft. This shaft allowed Woodward to extract ore on the south side of Red Mountain, and use rail track on that side of the mountain to deliver their ore.
Today, the Songo mine portal is visible but blocked with a gate. You can visit the portal in Red Mountain Park by hiking up the mountain above the Redding Hoist House.
Looking into the mine, you can see rails inside.
Office structure close to the Songo poral.
Ruins of a structure that may have house pumps or other equipment for the Songo mine.
Abandoned microwave horn antennas, left at the base of a tower close to the Songo mine.
The inside of the antennas were lined with acoustic foam.
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