The day after collecting at the Franklin Mine, I visited the Sterling Hill Mine, in Ogdensburg, New Jersey with the same purpose. Although the Franklin Mine is the source of the rarest and most sought-after combinations of fluorescent minerals, Sterling Hill Mining Museum was the more popular tourist destination, with collecting areas as well as a tour through parts of the original mine and a warehouse-sized exhibit of minerals and mining history.
Overhead conveyor system coming out of the cliff over the museum visitor center.
Plus my little red rental car.
Old mine shaft in the collecting area, off-limits to collectors and curious alike.
Rusted old mine car with section of track.
I took this photo with my phone while collecting in the Passaic Pit that morning. A lady walking by saw me breaking rock and wanted to know what we should be looking for, so I ducked into my dark spot with the lamp, then showed her the photo and wished her luck.
Between the two mines I collected and shipped home about 200lbs of rock.
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