The Morris County chronicle., 1905-10-31
THE IRON
INDUSTRY
The Mining Business IN Nor
ris County Is Booming
This Year.
OLD MINES IN OPERATION.

ing 70 say about the iron industry in1
Morris County;
Like all other places in the country,
the mining business is booming inl
this section at present. There has
been scarcity of iron Of late, or
rather the enormous amount OF iron
being consumed in the building Of
railroads. ships, automobiles, locomo-
tifes, furnaces, ranges, stoves, bridges,
houses and thousands of other things
has made the demand greater than
the supply.
AS a consequence old mines which
have been idle for years past are being
placed in operation.
DTCKERsON MINES.
The DickerSon mine, located at Fer
romonte, near Mine Hill, was leased
by the Singer Sewing Machine Com
pany short time ago, and force Of
men were at once set at work getting
I it in readiness for operation. At the
present time ore is being taken from
4 two of the mines and the third one
4 will be i'm operation in very short
j time. These mines were first placed
in operation in about l7l3, 1T having
been called the SuccaSunna mime at
that time. Joseph Kirkbride owned
the mines until they were sold to Jona-
than Dickerson and MiHard Lefeyrei
in.I7T9. The mines were closed dur
ing the lull in the iron business some
years ago.
HOFF MINES
| For a number of years past the Hoff
lmines, located near Mount Pleasant,
have been closed, operations having
been suspended there when the min
ling business became Improbable, ow-
ing to the very low price paid for iron.
This mine was first opened in about
i ITO, Charles Hotf, who came to this
section from Hunterdon county, being
in charge,
Some time ago DIR. Peter S. Ham,
of Dover, leased the mime, purchased
pumps, engines, etc, and began the
work Of pumping the water out Of the
mines. After working the pumps
constantly for upward of three months
the water was all gotten out. Then
4 new machinery was installed, new
buildings erected, all necessary equip
ment procured and the mining of ore
commenced.
i Being convinced that this was a
very profitable venture, Clarence Fl.
Beach, of Rockaway, purchased the
lease from DR.. Hann, and is now work.
ing the mine withppward of fifty men,
and he expects to increase the work
ing force.
BAKER MINE.
The Baker mine, located near Rich
ard mine, was many years ago leased
and operated by the Allentown Iron
| Company and was very productive
Two veins of ore crossed the proper
i ty one OF which was known as the
Mount Pleasant vein and the other
adjoined the Richard mine lot Of the
Thomas Iron Company.
4 When operations .ceasedat the mine
1t was beliyed that the production of
ore therefrom had become exhausted.
i But some time ago Philadelphia pro-
spectors invaded the mine, with the
result that they leased the same,
erected buildings thereon such as
boiler houses, blacksmith shops, Off
ces, etc, and now have an engine and
pump at work, pumping the water out
of the same, with view to beginning
mining operations as soon as the water
can be gotten out, which will require
some months, especially If more pumps
are not supplied.
HpRD MINE.
1 The Hurd mine, one OF the Oldest in
the county, which was operated by the
New Jersey Iron Mining Company up
to about four years ago 1.-THE product
being very rich and proftable), and
4 which was some months ago purchased
by Joseph Wharton, OF Philadelphia,
\ who owns the blast furnaces at Whar-
ton, as we'll as the Baker mine at
Mine Hill, the HibeTnia mines and
several other ore-producing properties
in this section, is a scene ofactivity at
present. After sinking the shaft to a
much greater depth than the afore-
said company had reached, rich vein
of ore has been unearthed and the
working force is being increased, three
shifts being engaged at the present.
At the Mount Hope, Hibernia and
otner mines throughout the county,
the mining business is very brisk