Dedications V

Preface V11

Acknowledgements IX

Table of contents XI

S6. 19th-century metallurgical processing of the ores from Franklin and Sterling Hill 855

Introduction 855

Anthracite blast furnace by William Kitchell (excerpts) 855

The Newark furnace 856

The Franklin furnace 856

Zinc paint by James T. Hodge (excerpts) 857

French process or indirect process 857

American process or direct process 857

New Jersey Zinc Company 857

Pennsylvania and Lehigh Zinc Company 858

The Passaic Mining and Manufacturing Company 858

The mining and metallurgy of zinc in the United States by F. L. Clerc (excerpts) 865

Spelter furnaces 865

Oxide furnaces 866

Spiegel furnaces 868

The zinc ores of New Jersey: their occurrence and metallurgical treatment by Fred P. Bemis (excerpts) 868

The New Jersey Zinc Company at Newark 868

Zinc oxide 870

Spiegeleisen 870

Spelter 871

The Passaic Zinc Company at Jersey City 871

The manufacture of spiegel from franklinite residuum by George C. Stone (excerpts) 872

An explosion in a zinc-fume condenser by C. H. McKenna (excerpts) 873

Patents and inventions, by Pete J. Dunn 874

Improvement in the manufacture of zinc white by Samuel T. Jones 876

 

S7. Excerpts from the Franklin Furnace Folio by Arthur C. Spencer 881

Magnetite iron ores 881

Magnetite mines - Franklin Furnace group 884

Zinc-bearing ores 886

Zinc mines 888

History of development 888

Description of the ores 889

Mine Hill deposit 890

Sterling Hill deposit 896

 

S8. 19th-century privately-reported observations on exploration and geology 901

Introduction 901

Report of J. P. Lesley on the franklinite range of minerals in Sussex County, New Jersey 901

Report on Mine Hill Tract and Clorinda Fowler Tract, Sussex Co., New Jersey by R. P. Stevens 908

Report on the probable extension southwards of the zinc deposits at Mine and Sterling Hills by Frank L. Nason 910

Contents 910

Introduction 910

Synopsis of report on the southern extension of the zinc beds on Mine and Sterling Hills 912

Mine Hill 912

Sterling Hill 914

Report on the southern extension of the zinc beds on Mine and Sterling Hills 914

Mine Hill 914

Dimensions of the zinc beds at Mine Hill and Sterling Hill 914

The thickness of the zinc bed at Mine Hill 914

The thickness of the bed in the mine workings 915

Extreme width of the bed before folding and erosion 915

Sterling Hill 921

Sterling Hill extension discussed 921

Dimensions of Sterling Hill veins 921

Properties in which lie the southern extension at Sterling Hill 923

 

S9. Rosy scenarios and great expectations 925

Introduction 925

Prospectus of the Jersey Franklinite Company, with a report on its mines and property by Silas Stillwell and John Silsby (excerpts) 925

Jersey Franklinite Company 925

The mines 926

The business of the company 926

Profits 926

What is required 927

How the cash capital is to be provided 927

Geological report -- the mineral belt of Sussex County, New Jersey by G. W. Baker for the Manganese Iron Ore Company (excerpts) 930

Report of R. P. Stevens, September 22, 1879 939

Report of Messrs. Platt, 1881 941

How fortunes are made by the New Jersey Mineral Company (excerpts) 944

Mining 944

Here is the story 944

Getting the property 946

The only reason 950

No waiting 950

Neighbor making millions 950

The report 952

Another engineer 952

Zinc wealth 952

Richest in the world 952

Why zinc? 952

"A clincher" for doubters 955

More about it 955

 

S10. Zinc mining at Franklin (1890-1900) and at Sterling Hill (1923) 957

Introduction 957

Sinking Parker Shaft at zinc mines, Franklin Furnace, New Jersey by J. A. Van Mater 957

Drilling 958

Firing 958

Timbering 959

Pumping 962

Mining practice at Sterling Hill Mine, New Jersey Zinc Company by G. H. Salton (excerpts) 966

The ore 967

Occurrence and geology 967

Structure 967

Outine of mining methods 968

The shaft 968

Shaft stations 969

Track equipment in shaft 969

The hoist 969

Loading stations 970

Man cars 970

Headframe 970

Signal systern 971

Pumps 971

Safety precautions 971

Development 971

Raises 972

Timber slides 973

Timbering 973

Tramming 973

Stoping 974

Transverse stopes 974

Longitudinal stopes 976

Underhand stopes 977

Filling 977

Blasting 977

Compressors 977

General 977

 

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