Pochuk Mine

The Pochuk Mine is a limonite mine in Vernon NJ. It was active back in the 1830's as an open cut. The limonite ore being very unique to the area. The mine was worked on and off during the 1800's and then was refurbished back in the late 1860's. By 1872, a tunnel was put through the mountain to obtain access to the Sussex Railroad. The tunnel was a gravity fed spurline which ended up exiting somewhere on route 94. The entrance to the tunnel is no longer open, but can be seen clearly in the vacinity of the mine. The mine today is a flooded pit with much trash thrown into it.

The tracks went straight from here into the tunnel, as you can see it is no longer here.	This area still hasnt collapsed.	The collapsed area here used to go down close to a hundred feet.

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