Introduction 101
Zinc mining at Sterling Hill 101
Discovery and early workings 101
Nineteenth century zinc mining at Sterling
Hill 103
The major zinc mines at Sterling Hill 105
Noble Mine 105
Passaic Mine 108
Sterling Mine 109
General discussion 111
Zinc mining at Franklin 112
Discovery and early workings 112
Nineteenth century zinc mining at Franklin
113
The age of litigation (1857-1897) 113
The major zinc mines and features at
Franklin 123
Buckwheat and Taylor Mines 123
Buckwheat Open Cut or Franklin Open Cut 128
Buckwheat Dump 128
Southwest Opening 128
Weights and Measures Opening 128
New Jersey Zinc and Iron Company operations
- west limb 132
Trotter Mine 132
Trotter Dump 133
Lehigh Mine 133
Hamburg Mine or Hamburg Road Mine 134
Parker Shaft and Parker Mine 134
Parker Dump 136
The Great Consolidation 136
Perspective 137
The Great Franklin Mine 139
Post-consolidation conditions 139
Interim activity (1897-1906) 139
The Franklin Mine coordinate system 140
New methods and the Palmer Shaft 141
Processes and operations 142
Closing 147
The Great Sterling Mine 147
Post-consolidation conditions 147
The Sterling Mine coordinate system 147
Processes and operations 149
Mining after 1960 149
The Lamont Geological Observatory
Seismograph Station 150
Closing 154
Time-line for mining and historical events
155
