Mine Hill in Franklin, and Sterling Hill in Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey : mining history, 1765-1900 : final report / Pete J. Dunn

Object Details

Author

Dunn, Pete J

Subject

Ogden family

Fowler family

Contents

pt. 1, v. 1. Iron processing and iron mining on and near Mine Hill in Franklin, and on and near Sterling Hill in Ogdensburg, 1765-1850; The zinc deposits at Mine Hill and Sterling Hill; The Ogden and Fowler families, lands, estates, and mineral rights. -- pt. 1, v. 2 (c2003). Colonel Fowler's mineral rights; Early mining at Sterling Hill; The first local mining companies, a merger, and the New Jersey Zinc Company; Processing the ores and problems with franklinite; Small companies; The Passaic Mining and Manufacturing Company -- pt. 1, v. 3. Early mining companies at Sterling Hill; The New Jersey Franklinite Company, the Boston Franklinite Company, and the Franklin Iron Company at Franklin; The great Franklin case; the New Jersey Zinc Company: 1862 to 1880; Moses Taylor and the arrival of the railroads. -- pt. 1, v. 4. Complex deeds at Sterling Hill; John S. Noble and Noble Mine; Charles W. Trotter's mine at Sterling Hill; Moses Taylor's pivotal lawsuit; The liquidation of the New Jersey Zinc Company; Moses Taylor and the New Jersey Zinc and Iron Company. -- pt. 1, v. 5 (c2004). The New Jersey Company and the New Jersey Zinc and Iron Company after 1880; The north half of Mine Hill Farm and the Trotter leases; Pennsylvania interests in Franklin: August Heckscher, J. Price Wetherill, and the Lehigh Zinc and Iron Company; The travails of Charles W. Trotter and the great possession lawsuit. -- pt. 1, v. 6. Charles W. Trotter and the New Jersey Zinc Company:reformation lawsuit & final settlement; The great settlement: Trotter, Heckscher, and the Lehigh Zinc and Iron Company; Richard Wayne Parker and his influence the Parker Shaft, Parker Mine, and Parker Mill: the Sterling Iron and Zinc company; Final litigations and the great consolidation; Zinc towns: Franklin, Ogdensburg, & Palmerton. -- pt. 1, v. 7 (c2005). Post-consolidation activities: loose ends and messy matters: the Parker contract and residual mineral rights; James L. Curtis: the archtypical machinator; Sacred places and hallowed grounds: mines, miners, and mineral collectors; Addenda and appendixes; Index

2002

C2002-

Call number

TN24.N5 D87 2002

Type

Books

Physical description

v. : ill., maps ; 28 cm

Place

New Jersey

Ogdensburg

Mine Hill (N.J.)

Sterling Hill (N.J.)

Franklin Furnace (N.J.)

Franklin (Sussex County, N.J.)

Ogdensburg (N.J.)

Title

Mining history, 1765-1900

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Mines and mineral resources--History

Iron mines and mining--History

Iron industry and trade--History

Zinc mines and mining--History

Minerals

Iron ores

Zinc ores

Magnetite

History

Record ID

siris_sil_743040

Metadata Usage (text)

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