Vanishing Ironworks of the Ramapos: The Story of the Forges, Furnaces, and Mines of the New Jersey-New York Border Area |
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... shaft was rebuilt by putting down a concrete shaftway for the first 200 yards . On September 8 , 1944 , the government superintendent at the mine revealed that there were 17 levels in the mine , that the shaft went down 2,400 feet on an ...
... shaft was rebuilt by putting down a concrete shaftway for the first 200 yards . On September 8 , 1944 , the government superintendent at the mine revealed that there were 17 levels in the mine , that the shaft went down 2,400 feet on an ...
Page 272
... shaft and four shallow pits , these workings can be found about 1,600 - feet west of the Crawford mine . The shaft is 20 feet deep and the ore vein about 10 feet in width . There is an abrupt termination of the ore body at that point ...
... shaft and four shallow pits , these workings can be found about 1,600 - feet west of the Crawford mine . The shaft is 20 feet deep and the ore vein about 10 feet in width . There is an abrupt termination of the ore body at that point ...
Page 284
... shaft , but the Ramapo Ore Company , who leased the property in 1918 , sunk a new 600- foot vertical shaft , raising the ore in three - ton skips by means of an electric hoist . The ore was shipped over a narrow - gauge railroad to the ...
... shaft , but the Ramapo Ore Company , who leased the property in 1918 , sunk a new 600- foot vertical shaft , raising the ore in three - ton skips by means of an electric hoist . The ore was shipped over a narrow - gauge railroad to the ...
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Furnace | 219 |
Fort | 239 |
New Miller Paterson Peters St George Snyder | 254 |
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