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u any other bar of the region. However, the mine does 

 " not advance so rapidly as the two mentioned above. 



" Yale's Mine, 3 miles northeast of the Suckasunny, 

 " probably the continuation of that vein, 3-8 ft. wide. 

 " The ore fluxes well and, like the Suckasunny, is 

 " highly valued. 



" Ogden's Newfoundland Mine, 25 miles north of 

 " Morristown, 7-20 ft. wide, also produces good iron. 

 " Pompton Bog, 20 miles northeast of Morristown 

 " A bog-ore lying perhaps 12 inches deep and dug out 

 " of the water. Under the ore there is a ferruginous 

 " sand. The surface layer having been removed, in 

 " about 20 years a new layer is formed, a precipitate 

 " from the water quite as good if not better than the 

 " first. 



" James Young's copper mine, near Musknecuneck 

 " in the county of Sussex. 



" Deacon Ogden's copper mine, near to the head- 

 " spring of the Wall-Kill, in the same county. 



" Tennyke's copper mine, in the county of Somerset. 

 " Ritschall's copper mine in the county of Somerset. 

 " The two last are situated on the southeast side of 

 " First Mountain, three miles beyond Boundbrook 

 " and Quibbletown, on the same ridge (a little to the 

 " north) as Pluckamin, Bluehill, and Van Horn's mine, 

 " which all yield copper of about the same quality and 

 " temper, lying very nearly at the same depth. Hence 

 " it is conjectured, and not without reason, that this 

 " whole ridge, 12 miles and more in length, is traversed 

 " by one and the same vein of copper. The ore occurs 

 for the most part in veins, generally superficial, in- 

 termixed with loose strata of earth and stone and 

 easily excavated. Notwithstanding, no vein has been 



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