New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-04
MARI AND IRON IN NEW-JERsEY


report was printed and is q v,lusbe documss'i bat
it was rot satufsctoy. Asle far a. i, went, 1t DID
BOT reach far enough Two years ago the Legislature
sppropra,. money to make a pev geological survey
Of the Sta,-, and Dr. William Kitchell wss appointed
suptriDt, ndent of the survey. year ago he made
bne, report, which indicated progress new spero-
priaton sas made - carry on the survey snd ~ the
result Of this we have in DR.. K'tches report OF some
go pegs, published by the Lesbla'ure IL IS
document which does credit IN the superintendent and
his able as.rtalts The survey il not yet completed;
bat by the wise hberslity of the Legislature is 70 be
prosecuted the present season. We do not propose
TO speak OF this document a contribution to the
Geological history O' our country nor to look AZ II IN
scientific point of view, but in the more PRACTICAL
light OF Informing Us quite mnutey OF the resources
of New jersey The frst report, among other things,
gave some sccount O' the immense mari beds IN tns
State, and our Dformstion is further enlarged by the
,sept document "The lowest bed of mari whch
was traced from the seashore west 20 the road be-
tween Freehold and EDgl, hfosn in Monmouth
County, has been followed up across the remhniog
| "psrt OF Monmouth to Burlington County, and 1t mas
''b.ep trsc, d entirely across Gloucester and Sheh
.Cuunries TO pear the Delaware River. The second
"beo has been traced entirely across the
| Counties Of Monmouth, Ocean, Burlington, JAM
! den Gloucester and Salem. Tue third has been
| "traod rrom Squaukum across Ocean and burlington
"Coui H. = and to Clemenon IN Camden County oe-
"yo nd which, after careful inquiry aud e1iminau'n'
"po nj ac. of it has been fund The vsst amounts
Of II is eprichng material may be seen 10 the measure
utnrs made by boring at the North American
phsl-nx IN Monmouth The different strata OF pure
maj, varying in quality and nature, were found TO DC
276 ct in depth. This is the fist bed OF mar. Ine
second which across Fix entire counues mas oeen
ascertained to be than 100 feet IN depth AS
yet the narl deposits have only been accessible TO
farmers along the banks Of streams, or a. least pnc-
psly go. And yet the effects of this fertilizer have
been astonishing. We have seen corn a. the Phalan1
aid in the vicinity OF Holmde which was as rank as
that grow ing on the Ohio Bottoms. 1t was on land
which was wretchedly poor until the mari was used
Some of this land twenty five years ago would not
bring $40 an acre, but by the mari is made worth
$780, The geological survey has done New Jersey
enough service TO pay the entire cost OF the work IN
trocrg the mari beds, and showing what immense
an, UNITS of agricultural wealth have been concealed
be cath large tracts Of her poor and worn out lands
The most valuable part Of this report is the account
Of the mines in Morris, Sussex and Passac Coun-
ties. OF these the repsrt enumerstes and describes
between go and 100, the most of which are now FUR
bisbing ore In some the ore deposits are i'm
merse The Andover mine in Sussex County in eight
years produced 100 900 of iron average OF
IS, 600 tuns year. The Mount Hope deposits have
never been worked so extensively as the Andoyer;
but two years ago, when A. Scarborough, esq, man.
1-l the mines they produced some 10 900 or $4,000
tuLs in year. The jugusr vein at Mount Hope
contains an immense amount Of ore, but il 10 said not
to be Of as good quality as that fu nishe1 at the
Tesbo vein and Hickory Hill, on the same property
The mines " Mount Ferrum." a. IT has lately been
rsmed-a name not half expressive as irs old rsgdr
nome of Mine HuF-produce great quantities OF
ore. One Of these is the property Of John Byrani
esq who hs. f,ed hin-ef rnugly for life by the pur
cbs,e of few of hard land which proved 70 over
lay bed of iron ore. At little distance from ths the
ue which belongs to the heir Of the late Gov M4hou
Deker.on and which was considered valuable that
some years before his death, as is said he was of
tered s2OO 900 for the property The is celebrated
in this country for 's purity and for the oughne.s Of
the iron proc The vein in places is thirty
feet thick, and with the means which the new Com
pany are employing must yield many thousand tuns
year Ole of the most interesting mining regions in
New.Jersey is roth Of ROckaway. in Morris County,
three or four miles and called in the Geological re-
port the Hiberna Mine Tract" and embraces the
Beach, Beach Glen, Lower Wool, Gendon, Scott,
De Camp, Upper Wood, and Willis Mines. Thess
mines excepting the first two arbitrary divisions,
sectors of single vein, and if they belonged
property would foafy make one of the most pro-
ductive and ea,iy worked in New-Jersey. The noun
tain in which this valuable vein is found rises
abruptly over three hundred feet, and the Lower
Wood Mine is situated that with care hun
dr.ds Of thsusands of tuns can be raised without
expense in draining the river Untl the ore is re-
moved to the level Of the brook at the foot of the
mountain the water wll drain itself of without extra
expense In many respects this is of the most
beautifully situated mines saw. All that VIII
be necessary for several years YET is to drive levels
into the face of the mountain and remove the breast
works Of ore, which is of the most excellent fur
pace ores in the country. Soue mines have the ad-
vantage OF this n being the canal but this diff
Guilty will be removed when the projected railroad is
built As IT If, these mines have piled on the cinal
bank at Rocksway several thousand uns OF ore which
the boats are now taking TO PenDsy vauia as fast as
possible. The Glendon and Wood Mines will produce
this year at least 600 tuns Of ore for which sale has
already been found
In looking over Or. Kitchells report Of the iros
mixes III the Highlands OF New Jersey i. strikes US AZ
very singular that IN the counties OF Morr. and Sus-
sex, so rich In the best OF iron ores there should be
but blast furnace in operation. This one situated
at BocntoD, is said To be of the most productive
properties IL the State might be inferred from the
enterprise with which it is pushed The furnaces at
Stol hope aud HsnbUrgh doug nothing, we are
told snd consequently in order TO have the New Jersey
tmsted they must be boated up 20 the Lehigh
Valley and thu brought back to reach the great
be,. II a furnace built at ROcsaway-s point
very accessible for the Noun, Hope and hernia ores
ii would be to procure the coal and limestone on