Old Copper Mine

Old Copper Mine is a New Jersey historical marker in Essex County, dedicated 1964.

Dodd Street and Brighton Avenue · location approximate

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John Dodd leased out mining rights in 1720 when copper was found on his land. Mine operated until some time after 1755

Maps this old were drawn largely by eye, so places on them can sit miles from where they really are. The pin is ours and marks the marker's location today.

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American Geographical Society Library, UW-Milwaukee

Historical maps covering this location

1719 · A new map of the English empire in America viz Virginia, New York, Maryland, New Jersey… (American Geographical Society Library, UW-Milwaukee)
1733 · New York and Perthamboy Harbours. (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)
1755 · North America from the French of Mr. D'Anville, improved with the back settlements of… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1811 · Map Of The Country Thirty Miles Round the City of New York. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1947 · Orange, New Jersey (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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Marker data: New Jersey Historical Commission

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