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The Hibernia mines are a series of iron mines in and around Rockaway Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, that were worked from pre-Revolutionary times until 1916. The mines worked a vein extending for more than two miles (3.2 km). Several companies operated mines in the area.
The Ironbound [a] is a neighborhood in the city of Newark in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is a large working-class multi-ethnic community, covering about 4 square miles (10 km 2 ).
Franklin Furnace ca. 1900 Fluorescent minerals of the Franklin mineral district: franklinite (black), willemite (green), and calcite (red). USGS. Franklin Furnace, also known as the Franklin Mine, is a famous mineral location for rare zinc, [1] iron, and manganese minerals in old mines in Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States.
In 1826, William Jackson, the son of Stephen Jackson from Rockaway, started construction of the furnace.It started operation in 1833, powered by the Clinton Brook. The iron ore came from local mines at Ringwood, Hibernia, Mount Pleasant, Ogdensburg and Hamburg.
However, Edison's iron was competing with the rich iron ore of the Iron Range and sales were not sufficient to bring in a profit and the operation was closed down after just a few years. [2] [3] Edison operated an iron mine in the Franklin-Sterling Hill Mining District [4] near Ogdensburg, New Jersey under the New Jersey and Pennsylvania ...
New Jersey produces the third-highest number of cranberries in the country, mostly cultivated in the areas around Chatsworth, including Whitesbog. The first cultivated blueberries were developed in the Pine Barrens in 1916 through the work of Elizabeth White of Whitesbog, and blueberry farms are nearly as common as cranberry bogs in the area.
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Howell Works (later the Howell Works Company) was a bog iron-based production facility for pig iron which was established in New Jersey in the early 19th century by American engineer and philanthropist James P. Allaire. It is notable as one of the earliest American examples of a company town.