Morris County New Jersey Mines and Sewers: Pictures
The entrance to an advertisement at the Sterling Hill Mining Museum is located below a chute used to bring processed ore to silos for distribution on October 17, 2017.
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A possible mine not found on state maps is located under large stones near a small air shaft next to Weldon Road in Jefferson Township. The suspected mine could be among hundreds of test pits and other small mines that have never been documented.
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A group of drills line the wall of an advertisement at the Sterling Hill Mine on October 17, 2017.
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Distinctive layers of rock are visible in the interior of the Sterling Hill Mine in Ogdensburg on October 17, 2017.
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Old metals and mining equipment fill nearly every corner at the Sterling Hill Mining Museum on October 17, 2017.
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Relics of past mining operations abound at the Sterling Hill Mining Museum on October 17, 2017.
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The Schofield Mine in Jefferson Township is a huge ditch filled with trash on December 8, 2017. Many abandoned mines have been used to dispose of trash in the decades since they closed.
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A tour guide at the Sterling Hill Mining Museum leads a group through the former zinc mine on October 17, 2017.
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A grizzly, a grate that catches rocks larger than entering the mine cars below, lies above a swimming pool at the Sterling Mine on October 17, 2017.
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A variety of signs line the walls of the lantern room at the Sterling Mine, as seen on October 17, 2017.
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The Sterling Hill Mining Museum in Ogdenburg, as seen on October 17, 2017, operates in and around one of the world’s most famous zinc mines.
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A massive mine at Sterling Hill carried everything from ore to people to and from depths of about 1,900 feet.
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A flooded tunnel in one of the oldest sections of the Sterling Hill mine looks eerily quiet on October 17, 2017.
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The flooded Ford Mine in Jefferson Township, as seen on December 8, 2017, is down the road from the Dodge Mine. The huge moat sits atop the berm and is mostly hidden from passersby.
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The Odgen Mine sand rail track in Jefferson Township was used to transport ore from dozens of iron mines in the area. Viewed on December 8, 2017, the flat railway bed is now used as a hiking trail.
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A chain link fence surrounds an abandoned mine shaft at the Dodge Mine in Jefferson Township as seen on December 8, 2017.
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Water is still present in the canals at the Edison Mine in Ogdensburg, on October 17, 2017. Thomas Edison ran the mine that processed low-grade iron ore from nearby veins.
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The Heard Mine in Jefferson Township was the deepest in New Jersey. The mine, seen on October 17, 2017, is now covered in waste rock that provides the only hint of its past.
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The Odgen Mine Railroad in Jefferson Township, seen on December 8, 2017, was designed to remain relatively flat as it ran through the lumpy upland area.
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A swimming pool fills an abandoned mine at the Edison Mine Complex in Ogdenburg on October 17, 2017.
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This map of the Ringwood iron mining district dates from 1864. Ringwood, a Passaic County county bordering New York State, had six large mines in operation at the time.
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A wall of iron-colored rock rests above a shallow pond in the Edison Mine area in Ogdensburg on October 17, 2017.
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A narrow shaft in the Edison Mine area in Ogdensburg on October 17, 2017 shows the small size of some of the iron ore veins in the area.
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The stone walls from the Dodge Mine operation are located in Jefferson Township, New Jersey, just off Weldon Road. The road passes through a county-owned reserve as seen on December 8, 2017.
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One of several remaining open pits at the Edison Mine site in Ogdenburg is surrounded by fencing and hiking trails on October 17, 2017.
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A former mine in the Edison Mine Complex was flooded on October 17, 2017.
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The Edison Mine operation in Ogdensburg has a channel network. The site, seen on October 17, 2017, was owned by Thomas Edison.
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An entrance to the Ringwood Mines Superfund site located at the end of Peters Mine Road near Sheehan Drive in Ringwood as seen on February 22, 2016.
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A large sinkhole opened in November near Van Dunk Lane in Upper Ringwood. It’s a chronic problem near the town’s Superfund site where 18th-century mines are collapsing.
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Ringwood is fencing off land between Horseshoe Bend and Margaret King roads, as seen on Jan. 4. Officials say the property is vulnerable to collapse.
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The Dodge Mine in Jefferson Township, New Jersey, has a new temporary fence around one of its many iron mine shafts.
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The Dodge Mine in Jefferson Township, New Jersey, has a new temporary fence around one of several iron mine shafts believed to drop more than 100 feet below a quiet county park.
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The Dodge Mine in Jefferson Township, New Jersey, has a new temporary fence around one of several iron mine shafts believed to drop more than 100 feet below a quiet county park.
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