Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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Collapsed Adit
	Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA This was most likely "the way in" long ago. Now the entry way is filled with muck.
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Collapsed Shaft
	Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA October of 2009.
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Copper Shaft
	Edison Mine, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA A view of the "Copper Shaft" made reference to in the Edison Mine Page. Significant dumps surround the shaft but apparently, this was not a profitable endeavor for Edison.
© 2009 David S. Bernstein	Photo ID: 244031 View Count: 19
Drill Mark
	Edison Mine, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA Some very hard work went on here.
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Dumps
	Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA A small portion of the dumps at this locality. October of 2009.
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Horseshoe cut
	Edison Mine, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA One of two principal production quarries at the Edison mine. The limbs of the "horseshoe" are nearly parallel and follow the two parallel magnetite-rich bands of gneiss that were the orebody. The limbs were merged near the pit's north end, near the mill, for production reasons. The near side of the cut was the locus of the sulphide zone that ...
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Location of the "Indian Mine"
	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA The location of the Indian Mine, #4, and the Limecrest Quarry, #11, are shown on the geologic map of Hague, et. al (1956) The Sussex Lead Mine and the Indian Mine are likely one and the same.
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Mine Entrance
	Pardee Mine (Pardee-Ogden Mine), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA Open cut of the mine in the foreground proceeding into the unknown. There is water constantly falling inside this mine making it sound like a car wash.
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Mine Entrance
	Davenport Mine, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA The Davenport Mine is located above the Horseshoe Cut in the Edison Complex and below the Davenport Cut, one of four open pit iron cuts on the property.
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Mine Shaft
	Amos Sharp's Mine, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA A mine shaft of a minor New Jersey iron mine in the middle of nowhere near Sparta Mountain Wildlife Management Area.
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