In 1969, Cedar Point gave Frontier Town a new centrepiece: Cedar Creek Mine Ride. For the visitor walking back from the midway, here was a modern steel mine train with a frontier name, set among the park’s western streets and waterside scenery. sixflags.com· sixflags.com

Arrow Development supplied the machinery, part of the company’s early generation of tubular-steel coaster work. The ride’s two chain lifts, mine building, turns, and lagoon-side drop gave Cedar Point a family-scaled achievement with the sound and ceremony of a railroad outing. coasterpedia.net· sixflags.com

The figures are modest by later Cedar Point standards, and that is part of its character: 48 feet high, 42 miles per hour, and no inversions. Its work is not to conquer the skyline, but to carry travellers low over the water and back through the trees. en.wikipedia.org· coasterpedia.net

For its fiftieth anniversary season in 2019, the ride received fresh touches including station music, first-tunnel effects, and queue scenery. It remains in operation, one of Cedar Point’s older coasters still welcoming summer passengers. coasterpedia.net· en.wikipedia.org