, 1864-02-04
history OF TIE FRAEEI.INITE.
HISTORY OF TIE FRAEELINIrE.
HISTORY OF THE FRAEELlNITE.
HISTORY OF TIE FRANkLINITE,
HISTORY OF THE FRANKLINITE.
HISTORY OF THE FRANELINITE.
HISTORY OF THE FRANKLIEITE.
HISTORY OF TIE FRANKLINI1E,
HISTORY OF TIE FRANKLNTTE.
HISTORY OF THE FRAEKI.INITE,
HISTORY OF THE FRANKLR1TE,


ING ENGINEER.
The rainns are located In Snesex county, N. j.,
and Yield an ore unique tn its Theological chnse
teristics, .and u the only known lceallty where
Frankliniss and red oxide Of z1uc has been found,
5nt by when apd q what era these minesMezs
were known and extensive mining operations
were carried o. befsoe my permanent settlements
nefghborhoo,s s. seTsssl shafts sn eaIIssies stii
reHalnInR on.SterlinE Hin clearly pTove,- These
old works, from The fact that Lord stiri9g:wsa
eitu.4ed: hasebem att=ibuted to him. Ttcn time
Lord Stirling became tke owner has not esen as
@,ae sqt a. S o, ths t.s
section has beea. taken from the remains Of q
eed.r that has grown In oas Of the pits since the
WORKING was abandoned. snd 1t proves h At period
to have been mort than 20 ysaFs ago. In l775 an
old m,ningpiek wss found n one 81 the gsilezies
bJ hunter who subsequently settled In tie vicin-
~, and has fon, no" a very aged mAn, living in
:. Lord Stirling ,car.eds hege quantity Of thu
Franklin oxe to, be mlned ana taken to the Char
but the atspt to smell 1t - a7.ose Of iron ,royei
unsncceeeGu|, nnd most Of The: orr, removt ID at
mag at foans ni@S
The late Dr. Bruce. Of fetT FORK, was the first
Mho called public attaution to the mines, By pnb-
snaysls. md aise i1laships s1 q Tie ssa 5eia a.
isd minerals; he was followed in 1879 py E-ois.
keating ana.yann91en, S ;yyho fqrniehed the Pllo-
Ing, paper, describing the Jedersonite associated
with the zinc and FraEklinita..
The late late D. ssps. Fow,e about iostyavs
TO scientific Attalnmenx, inviting practical busI-
ness talents Of the highest ortnr appears to have
ssg sga sses as rsd one t. the! Laqs
made liberal offers TO irduoe othazs to Join him in
The epteTPsI.e but ts. unified natures Of the orc
tvea ca7sed failure Of his plsna without lessen-
ing In his mind the Taue Of tho ore and the ulti-
mate trfcess that would be ikelr 10 attend future
the Ae Of Representatives Of the United States
Congrasa Law Wae was passed directing the Sec
retry o. he TIeasasy to cause standard set ot.
Of th4 Governments in the different custom houses,
F. n uas1er, LID. then Superintendent Of tEa:
tho execution Of this important duty, and 1Is.:
Fo Nles was sucseas{nl In having New Jersey Eedt
os!de Of Zinc sedaeed % alloy With copper to,
Not tneceedHg in ealleting capitalists TO 13ork
on large sea1s he ttroEe to encourage Indlvhl1al
see e re o Tass oi
quent AID lE,cral coatsibus1ous from his own re-.
sources; bet - want o1 sclcnliac knowledgso NJ tho.
to the p!aas+ used IN working the suiphuro:s and
carIo1ates q zinc. as p5.ctlsed in Euneps, pres
be presn1,ed IA Is often the case, the Doctor VIVA
Imposed upon By ehar!atans and preteE1e2s, whe
laid claim to possessing the tine phposophesA
hills hill q Stirling and Franklin Into mssall,c zinc
1:9sa fey esSEs 1s
coppany, n incorporation which Was Obtained
BY him for the purpose Of working hem; hut tho
Meests. Ames q Alger, OF Boston. a quantity Of
zinc and fzankii3ite ore was taken BIZ them to
It s NJ e.
The Bergen Point Copper Smelling Establishment,
Distilled the metallic zinc from The red ore, after
ato sedased ia s e4ui5e sine
iron and steel Of superior quality.
WHAT TITS.
IFEem A,ggston,s New American - Cys!epsaIa
iron, oxide OF zinc and oxide Of manganese, In ap-
pea1anee muck like the magnetic oxide of iron.
sex county. New jersey. al.hoash il Is slso msa..
toned aa accompanying ores Of zinc ia amor
ph0us masses at the mines Of MtenbuEgh {Viefte
Ioltagne,) near ALI Ia thape1le. The compos,
Itiou of the Franklinlte ofNew Jersey u:
refe1aue o. Ellie
93ids 9,|ds of of 5n ;
slnca 1t
1.s bardasts il 5Sos; specific gravity
i occurs In large veins Of beds 1t The mines ofthe
New Jerrey ZINC Company, at the Stirling HUI
the red oxiGe Of zinc, lying between tic eiystsi-
line limestone and and tue gneiss rocks. Al Stir
ling ull It contributes the main eubstanco Of two
these bed, lying inmtdlately under The crystal
oxide Of zinc, with the Franklnite interspersedin
'n ef impe9'ses te! :rSstss. S It pfsseats thcs;
nees varying from three to eight feet, ana
Il traced With great uniformity Of strac-
snt1iaite s ale found ehere the
led comes in contact with the superlncuubent
limestone. These crystals are Of the regular octa-
Unite constitutes about forty dve Per cent oft6e
mineral contents, the rest being mainly rcd oxide
Of zine; the tesidrum, after the oxide Of zinc is
ion TIE bed appears On ss lee sariaee se
OF out-croP to be almost pure massive FEaaklin-
lite, aaolphons in structure, although OCCASIONAL
q ha 4 4s
oxide Of zinc, which fact s the distinctive feature
between this md ths oye1yt9g hed, which is gene
lying bed Of Frapklfnlse desccnds Il becomes leas
pure, ,te Franklnite being replaced By the uys-
,aine ettone Mltn lhe ana w1e
Cd In grains and imperfect CRYSTALS. It preserves
this character in its entire depth as far explor-
sa nearly @o 5eet bc!oT It's onhtcto hn Thls bed a
Several hundred feet HestWa!dly Of these main
beds And higher Up On the ,, hi'l a9othsr @ bed Of
food deal q the seate q n % Is nnd sunnins
Attempts had been made many years since, By
.e & he r. Meles
large masses and so easy to DO mined; but mono
Of these early operations proved succcssfnl owing,
doubt, to the great quantity Of zinc IN the ore,
large amount Of heat and thereby tends to chill
the furnace. Ear1y in 1858, Mr; !, Post Of Stun
hope. n. j., undertook to work tho ore with an
ceeded in making some ptg-irou of excellent quail
". bnt the operations ye1o Z soon -, dlscontlna;a
ard permanently established tho manufacture OF
Iron from the zinc and Frnnkilnlto osas at the
works Of tie New Jersey Ziac Company bJ sn,elt-
of. for tie purpose or making tho whito oxide.
This brunch Of Industry ia calculated to become Of
much importance, as The iron produced from this
purity, abre and strength, but il especially suited
to the manufacture Of steel; The piciron pro
duccd is almost identical in character, appearance
the famous spathic ores Of sleGen and Mneaa In
Germany: lis fracture shows large and brilliant 1
sflyer.Whi bite 1amella1 facets sometimes neautuully