NJDEP - NJGS - First Annual Report of the Geological Survey of the ...
NJDEP - NJGS - First Annual Report of the Geological Survey of the ...
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46] Syenite.2. Magnetic iron_ from.two.to six feet in width.3.' White Limestone, from four to ten t_eetin width..'4. Franklinite, twenty feet in width:5. White Limestone, sixty fce_ in width.6. Franklinite, twenty"feet in'width.7. White Limestone.'The latter deposit <strong>of</strong> Franklinite (6) has.been recently ex,posed fhr several hundred yards on its outcrop, exhibiting d'mass <strong>of</strong> nearly.pure ore, var_ying from .twent_¢to fifty feet. in_,idth. :At an opening in <strong>the</strong> deposit at <strong>the</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>astern part<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> hill, a considerable' quantity <strong>of</strong> red 'oxide <strong>of</strong> zinc ismixed with <strong>the</strong> franklinite; as far, however, as <strong>the</strong> depositis exposed, but very little zinc oceum. The magrietic ironore (2) herewith associated_ has been'formerly worked to agreat extcn*.,yielding large' quantities <strong>of</strong> excellent ore whichwas smelted in <strong>the</strong> oldFranklin Furnace.The New, Jersey Franklinite Company, organized in 1852_is actively engaged in erecting furnaces and suitable buildingswithin a few yards <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> deposits, for <strong>the</strong> purposb <strong>of</strong>Smelting <strong>the</strong> ore_which will at <strong>the</strong> same time yield a'superiorarticle <strong>of</strong> iron as well as thai oxide <strong>of</strong> zinc• One furnace isnearly completed, and will be put into operation in <strong>the</strong> course<strong>of</strong> a few weeks. The iron manufactured from <strong>the</strong> frankliniteore is <strong>of</strong> an excellent quality_ and peculiarly adapted to <strong>the</strong>production <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> best kind <strong>of</strong> steel. There _are nlany.cit;-cumstances which render Franklin an admirable location for •<strong>the</strong> successful pa:osceutibn <strong>of</strong> an enterprise 5f this eliaracter.It not only furnishes an inexhaustible quantity <strong>of</strong> 0re_ butwith <strong>the</strong> exception <strong>of</strong> fucl_ e_,'eryo<strong>the</strong>i_article required in <strong>the</strong>manufacture <strong>of</strong> iron an(1 zinc. Building materials <strong>of</strong> everydescription, !ncludi|lg granite_ marble and sandstones; clayt for <strong>the</strong> production <strong>of</strong> bricks; limestone for plaster, masonry_&c., are in abundance. In addit{on to all <strong>the</strong>se advantages,nature has .here also furnished'a never-failing water-power, bywhich operations <strong>of</strong> every kind may be greatly facilitated.NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
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