HOW FORTUNES ARE MADE
Newark, NJ: The New Jersey Mineral Company, 1907. Wraps. (1907), edition unknown. Very Good. 8vo., 40 pp., with black & white maps, photographic reproductions and charts. Bound in publishers blue wraps with title in white. Large center foldout panoramic photograph of the mine at Franklin Furnace, NJ measures 44 inches wide and shows local churches, homes, farms. lakes and roads. The foldout is almost separated in the middle fold, but still intact. A great piece of New Jersey history. Very Good. Item #26927
Franklin Furnace, also known as the Franklin Mine, is a famous mineral location for rare zinc, iron, manganese minerals in old mines in Franklin, New Jersey. This locale produced more species of minerals (over 300) and more different fluorescent minerals than any other location. The mineral association (assemblage) from Franklin includes willemite, zincite and franklinite.
During the mid-to-late 19th century the furnace was the center of a large iron making operation. Russian, Chilean, British, Irish, Hungarian and Polish immigrants came to Franklin to work in the mines, and the population of Franklin swelled from 500 (in 1897) to over 3,000 (in 1913). - Wiki.
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