Mine Hill in Franklin, and Sterling Hill in Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey
Subtitle: mining history, 1765-1900 : final report
By: Pete J. Dunn
Publisher: P.J. Dunn
Published: 2002
Place of publication: [Alexandria, VA]
Language: eng
Subjects: Mines and mineral resources; History; Iron mines and mining; Iron industry and trade; Zinc mines and mining; Minerals; Iron ores; Zinc ores; Magnetite
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 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; title: pt. 1, v. 2. 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; title: 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 Franklinite Case; The New Jersey Zinc Company, 1862 to 1880; Moses Taylor and the arrival of the railroads; title: 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; The liquidation of the New Jersey Zinc Company; Moses Taylor and the New Jersey Zinc and Iron Company; title: 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; Pennsylvanian 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; title: 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; title: pt. 1, v. 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