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Improving Mindat.orgHewitt Mine, Ringwood, NJ

26th Dec 2011 14:17 UTCDavid Bernstein Expert

This mine is listed as being in Ringwood New Jersey:

http://www.mindat.org/loc-12597.html

The mine is actually located in Sterling Forest, Warwick, New York. The locality should be moved to Sterling Lake, Orange County, New York.

This old iron mine along with the Snyder Mine, several hundred feet away(not on Mindat, yet) is mentioned in James Ransom's Vanishing Ironworks of the Ramapos and noted to be in New York. Further, Ed Lenik's Iron Mine Trails notes that the Hewitt and Snyder are in Sterling Forest. And lastly, the 1910 report of Bayley notes that the Hewitt is in fact in New York, as opposed to Ringwood New Jersey.

Many thanks. Would appreciate if the change could be made so I can upload pictures. Alternatively, I can add both localities to Sterling Lake and someone can delete the New Jersey listing.

26th Dec 2011 18:45 UTCRock Currier Expert

You are now a level one user and once you sign into the sight, you will be able to upload pictures. Do you know how to do that? Is your locality already on mindat? If so, find the locality and then in the menu at the top of the locality page click on the Photo/add menu choices and follow the directions. More detailed information in the mindat manual is available and even more beyond that if you need it.

26th Dec 2011 19:58 UTCDavid Bernstein Expert

I think you misunderstood me Rock. I know how to upload photos. I've uploaded over thirteen hundred of them. The locality as it exists now is in New Jersey. It should be deleted since the mine is in New York. That's why I posted.

26th Dec 2011 21:55 UTCRock Currier Expert

Sorry David, Your right.

I think I will wait for Chet Lemansky to take a look at that problem. Where at all possible I like to stay away from trying to fix locality problems, especially when I know absolutely nothing about a particular locality.

26th Dec 2011 22:29 UTCWarren Cummings Expert

This is what Hotz (1952), USGS Bull. 982F sez:

The Snyder and Hewitt mines are in New York a little more than

a mile east-northeast of the Peters mine and just north of the New

Jersey-New York boundary. Here are several shallow pits, a partly

flooded opening 150 ft .long and 2Q ft wide, and another flooded pit

60 ft long and 20 ft wide. The Hewitt mine was on the site of the

shallow pits south of the larger openings.

On the geol. map that goes with this paper these mines are located about 250-75 yards north of the state line in the Town of Warwick and just a bit west of the Warwick - Tuxedo town line.

26th Dec 2011 22:40 UTCDavid Bernstein Expert

Quite right, Warren and thanks for the additional reference. I hiked there on Saturday and the signage in the area left no doubt that both mines are in New York.

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