Ref.: The Iron Mines of New Jersey (1910), Bayley:358-362; NJ State Geol. Annual Rpts.: (1855):215-220; (1868):570-574; (1873):43; (1879):51-52; (1880):105-106; (1882):70; (1883):100-103; (1884):83; (1885):99; (1886):140; (1890):59-60; (1891):242 & 251-253; (1905):320. An iron mine in magnetite ore located about 3 miles SW of Dover. Started 1710 - 1713, reopened about 1860, worked 1862-1877, 1877-1891, 1905-Jan, 1908. This was one of the major iron mines in New Jersey and produced an estimated 1,000,000 tons of ore. The workings featured a shaft 1,300 feet (400 meters) deep. When reopened in 1905, the mine exploited new veins. Interestingly, the town of "Succasunna" means "black rock" in the local Lenni Lenape Indian language, in allusion to the magnetite deposits.
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