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Showing posts with label mining. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mining. Show all posts
Friday, June 13, 2014

If Batman had a subway, it would be in Rockaway

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We've visited our share of old mine sites over the past few years. We've also stumbled on some lesser-known aspects of New Jersey...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

From copper mine to steamboat, the New Jersey ventures of Nicholas Roosevelt

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When inclement weather forces us Hidden New Jersey ans to curtail travel, we often turn to other means of exploration. The reference books a...
Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Gone fission: Discovering uranium near the D&R Canal

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Over the years, we've found a lot of old mines in our travels around the state, so much so that they barely seem worthy of mention anymo...
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Sunday, March 3, 2013

You'll never take it alive: Copper in Watchung Reservation*

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Union County's Watchung Reservation is well known among New Jersey adventurers as home of the Deserted Village , but it holds other surp...
Sunday, March 25, 2012

Where Edison concentrated: iron ore processing at Ogdensburg

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A little over a year ago, we made a trip out to Thomas Edison's concrete mile on Route 57 in Stewartsville/New Village, the site of his...
Sunday, January 8, 2012

A Hidden Trifecta in Raritan

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Fresh from our greater white-fronted goose sighting, Ivan and I spotted a small truss bridge and historical marker on the side of the road. ...
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Four thousand holes in Mount Hope...

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If New Jersey was the crossroads of the Revolutionary War (or the cockpit, as others have said), Morris County was the arsenal. It was no co...