Industries of New Jersey. . d, 72,401 bushels; Hops, 19,033pounds ; Hemp, 5 tons ; Flax, 234,061 pounds ; Flaxseed, 6095 bushels ; Maple Sugar, 419 pounds ; SorghumMolasses, 17,424 gallons; Wax, 2021 pounds; Honey, 60,636 pounds; Butter, 8,266,023 pounds; Cheese,38,229 pounds ; Milk, sold, 5,373,323 gallons ; Wine, 24,970 gallons. The total amount of wages paidduring the year, including value of board, was $8,314,548. The statistics for 1880 will be found in another portion of the work. The manufactures of New Jersey are very extensive and varied, and her mining mdustries highlyimportant and v
Industries of New Jersey. . d, 72,401 bushels; Hops, 19,033pounds ; Hemp, 5 tons ; Flax, 234,061 pounds ; Flaxseed, 6095 bushels ; Maple Sugar, 419 pounds ; SorghumMolasses, 17,424 gallons; Wax, 2021 pounds; Honey, 60,636 pounds; Butter, 8,266,023 pounds; Cheese,38,229 pounds ; Milk, sold, 5,373,323 gallons ; Wine, 24,970 gallons. The total amount of wages paidduring the year, including value of board, was $8,314,548. The statistics for 1880 will be found in another portion of the work. The manufactures of New Jersey are very extensive and varied, and her mining mdustries highlyimportant and valuable. To note the latter first: our mineral deposits include extensive and rich veinsof copper, zinc and iron, and other minerals of less value. In the town of Hanover, Morris County,there is a valuable copper mine that was worked by the Dutch settlers before the British occupancy ; in1719, it had long been abandoned, when its existence was discovered, and hammers and other tools werefound within. 42 STATE OF NEW PEACH TRADE — GOING TO MARKET. John Schuyler, in 1745, imported a steam engine, the third erected on this continent, to keep the minefree from water. In 1750 a valuable mine, in New Branswiclv, was leased and worked for a time by aPhiladelphian, Elias Boudinot, but, though he was very successful and shipped a large quantity of copper toEngland, he very soon abandoned it. The New Jersey zinc company has some very valuable zinc mines iaSussex County, and elsewhere there are no less valuable deposits awaiting proper development. The extentand value of our iron mines may be partially understood when it is noted that vast tracts of many miles areain Morris, Hunterdon, Sussex, Warren, Passaic and other counties have scarcely been touched, and yet NewJersey holds the fourth rank among iron-producing States, being surpassed only by Pennsylvania, New Yorkand Michigan, and this notwithstanding the smaller aggregate area of the State. The total yield of the State•
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