.'.I TRAVELS IN THE CONFEDERATION 



the mine was first given up to the water, the abandoned 

 vein was six foot wide. 



On the banks of the Delaware, about twenty miles 

 up from Trenton, a copper-bearing slate stratum comes 

 to the surface. The slate runs in beds of varying width 

 and is flecked with grey copper ore. A friend, whom 

 I must thank for these items, found that this ore merely 

 at the surface contained 36 Ib. copper in the hundred- 

 weight. By the accounts of people resident there, it 

 appears that similar spots are found higher up the 

 river. 



The following list of several other noteworthy copper 

 and iron mines was given me at New York in May 



17831 



" Suckasunny Mine ; Iron ; in a hill on the east side 



' of Suckasunny Plains, in Morris county, 13 miles 



" from Morristown. The veins, like all in that region, 



' run almost northeast to southwest, and are from six 



" to twelve foot wide. Many thousand tons of bar iron 



" have been made from this ore at sundry works. The 



' ore is especially valued because of its easy flux and 



' rich content. 



"Hibernia or Horsepond Mine; Iron; 12 miles 

 " north of Morristown, in a high hill, a continuous 

 " vein which has been opened from the bottom to the 

 " top of the hill, and found to be from three to eleven 

 " foot wide. Only 600 paces off is the furnace attached 

 " to this mine, called Hibernia Furnace. The sow of 

 " this ore is good ; the iron excellent ; easily workable 

 ' in the furnace. 



Ogden's Mine, 16 miles northeast of Morristown. 



The vein is only from one to five foot wide. Bar iron 



from this ore worked in the furnace is better than 



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