Thursday, January 26, 2012
Trivia: Where Was First Copper Mined in USA?
In New Jersey! In a mine founded around 1640, in what in what is now Pahaquarry. It wasn't very successful, but another mine founded in 1712 produced enough copper to ship back to the Netherlands.
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In New Jersey! In a mine founded around 1640, in what in what is now Pahaquarry. It wasn't very successful, but another mine founded in 1712 produced enough copper to ship back to the Netherlands.
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