Fortune Pond started as an iron ore mine, and was active from 1953 through 1958. During that period, 1,316,905 tons of iron ore was pulled out of the ground. Pumps worked 24 hours a day to keep the pit dry. There was one shaft with two drifts for drainage. The size is 1,930 feet long by 750 feet wide. Its stocked with brown trout, plenty of crayfish scuttling around, and there's at least one good sized mud turtle in there.