Monday, June 23, 2008

Easy Diggin Day @ Mt Hope Quarry

June 21,22 the NJ Chapter of Easy Diggin had an open house at Tilcon's Mt Hope Quarry. This is the site of the historic Mt Hope (New Leonard mine) complex. This was the deepest iron mine shaft in the US. In the 1970s it was considered for pumped storage facility for electricity; in times of high electricity demand the mine shafts would be flooded to generate electricity and when demand was low the water would be pumped out of the mine into Mt hope lake. One of the environmental impediments for this project where the unique habitat for mute swans - see the photo.
easy diggin day 2008

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