A Mile Deep and Black as Pitch: An Oral History of the Franklin and Sterling Hill Mines

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This book documents the history of two celebrated mines in Sussex County, New Jersey, through the eyes of individuals who lived it. The two mines, consolidated in 1897 under the New Jersey Zinc Company, were recognised world-wide for their diverse and magnificent mineral deposits and are acknowledged as the birthplace of the United States zinc industry. At its peak of operations in Sussex County Within the first half of the 20th century, the Zinc Company employed over 2000 hourly workers. The Company developed the towns of Franklin and Ogdensburg for the miners, and one in every of them, Franklin, became referred to as the ‘model mining town of The usa’. The book is divided into three parts: The Mines and the Miners; The Model Mining Town of The usa; and The Legacy and the Future. Within the first two parts, the narratives explore the positive and negative aspects of life Within the mines and Within the company towns. In these sections, the writer compares the lives of Zinc Company miners to those of other hard-rock miners in the United States. The third part looks at the continuing educational have an effect on of the mines, including the influence at the development of local museums and at the Smithsonian Institution’s mine exhibit that opened in 1997.

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