Ref.: The Iron Mines of New Jersey (1910), Bayley:11, 426-430; NJ State Geologist's Annual Rpts.: (1868):557; (1873):32, 35-36; (1879):47-49; (1880):104; (1883):87-89; (1884):76; (1885):98; (1886):142; (1890):66-67; (1891):242; (1896):326; (1901):140. An iron mine in magnetite ore. Located on both sides of the Black River, about 1½ miles (2 km) South of Chester. Started about 1760; restarted 1868-1873, 1873-1884, 1885-1888 & 1890-1896. A major mine exploiting an ore deposit consisting of 12 to 15 ore shoots (veins) from 1 to 12 feet (.3 to 4 meters wide) by 2,700 feet (900 meters) long. Workings featured a large number of shafts & pits (14 or 15 open cuts [1880]) and a shaft to 125 feet deep. Specifically named openings were: Coalhouse pit; Andrew's cut; East cut; Foley openings; George vein opening ( 3 parallel deposits).
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