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  Category:  Natural Resources  
  Subject:  Tin & Iron Mining  
  Code:  1300  
       
  Item Type Description  
       
  Document - 1 Taken from "Geology of New Hampshire - 1844" by C.T. Jackson on discovery of tin and iron deposits in Jackson. First tin mine in the United States is in Jackson  
       
  Document - 1 Taken from "Geology of New Hampshire - 1878" by Hitchcock with sketches of workings at tin mine in Jackson  
       
  Article - 1 Article in "Northern Light" October 6, 1981 on meeting of Saco Valley Gem & Mineral Club with description of tin mine in Jackson and formation of American Tin Mine in 1864  
       
  Document - 2 Copy of incorporation papers for Jackson Tin Company, American Tin Mining Company and Jackson Iron Manufacturing Company  
       
  Document - 1 Variation of magnetic north on Iron Mountain in 1840 - from C.F. Pinkham's Day Book in Jackson Library  
       
    Article Article in Mountain Ear October 9, 2003 detailing operations of tin and iron mining.  
       
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    Jackson Historical Society, PO Box 8, Jackson, NH 03846
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