Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Dunn, Pete J.

Publication

Alexandria, VA : P.J. Dunn, c2002-

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Details

Description

v. (continous pagings) : ill., maps; 28 cm.

Subjects

• Iron ores > New Jersey > Ogdensburg
• Zinc mines and mining > New Jersey > Ogdensburg > History
• Iron industry and trade > New Jersey > Ogdensburg > History
• Zinc ores > New Jersey > Ogdensburg
• Sterling Hill (N.J.) > History
• Mines and mineral resources > New Jersey > Ogdensburg > History
• Magnetite > New Jersey > Ogdensburg
• Mine Hill (N.J.) > History
• Franklin Furnace (N.J.) > History
• Fowler family
• Ogden family
• Ogdensburg (N.J.) > History
• Iron mines and mining > New Jersey > Ogdensburg > History
• Franklin (Sussex County, N.J.) > History
• Minerals > New Jersey > Ogdensburg

Note

• Pt. 1, v. 3-7 have on t.p.: Washington, DC : P.J. Dunn, Dept. of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institute.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

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 ... -- pt. 1, v. 3. Early mining companies at Sterling Hill; The New Jersey Franklinite Company, the Boston Franklinite Company, and the Franklin Company at Franklin; The great Franklinite Case; The New Jersey Zinc Company: 1862 to 1880; Moses Taylor and the arrival of the railroads -- pt. 1, v. 4. Complex deedings at Sterling Hill; John S. Noble and the Noble Mine; Charles W. Trotter's mine at Sterling Hill; Moses Taylor's pivotal lawsuit ... -- pt. 1, v. 5. The New Jersey Zinc Company and the New Jersey Zinc and Iron Company after 1880; The north half of Mine Hill Farm and the Trotter leases ... -- 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 ... -- v. 1, pt. 7. 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.

Call Number

ISB (Franklin) 03-884

OCLC

51619167

Author

Dunn, Pete J.

Title

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

Imprint

Alexandria, VA : P.J. Dunn, c2002-

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Research Call Number

ISB (Franklin) 03-884 Library has: pt. 1, v. 1, 3-7.