The Schuyler Copper Mine is an abandoned, historic copper mine located in what is now North Arlington in Bergen County , New Jersey , United States. Operations began in 1715, making it the earliest copper mine in New Jersey and one of the oldest in the United States . In 1755, it was the site of the first use of a steam engine assembled in America. Later, starting in 1794, the first steam engine was manufactured in the United States near here. Shortly before and after, but not during, the American Revolutionary War , the mine was a major copper producer. Even though nothing remains of the mining operations above ground, the collapse of the underground shafts and tunnels caused damage as recently as 1989.
15-535: The mine was also known as the Arlington, Belleville, or Victoria copper mine. Around 1710, Arent Schuyler purchased a large tract of land in New Barbadoes Neck . A few years later, around 1712–1713, a significant deposit of copper ore was discovered on the property. At Arent Schuyler's death, his three sons, Adonijah, John , and Peter , inherited his lands, with John managing the mine. In 1748, flooding in
30-513: A rich fertile valley where the Lenape grew a variety of crops. Schuyler reported his findings to his superiors and then convinced Major Anthony Brockholst , Samuel Bayard , Samuel Berry , Hendrick and David Mandeville, George Ryerson and John Mead to invest in the purchase of the land he referred to as the Pompton Valley . The seven chose Schuyler to be negotiator with the Lenape for the rights to
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60-462: A significant deposit of copper, and the family became wealthy as they started to mine the metal at the Schuyler Copper Mine . Arent Schuyler married three times, first to Jenneke Teller (1662–1703) on November 26, 1684. Together, they had: After her death in 1703, he married Swantje Van Duyckhuysen (1679–1724). With his second wife, he had: In 1724, after Swantje's death, he married for
75-478: Is located in the shales and sandstones of the Passaic Formation where a Triassic diabase sill has intruded. The primary copper minerals found here were the grayish chalcocite and the bright blue-green chrysocolla . In addition, lesser amounts of malachite , azurite , cuprite , and native copper were present. Arent Schuyler Arent Philipse Schuyler (June 25, 1662 – November 26, 1730)
90-624: The area. Samual Bayard, however, was chosen to negotiate with the East Jersey Company, which maintained land rights over the area that is now Wayne. Approximately 5,000 acres (20 km ) were purchased on November 11, 1695. He built the Schuyler-Colfax House along the Pompton River . In 1710, he bought a large tract on New Barbadoes Neck . The new purchase (present-day Kearny , North Arlington , and Lyndhurst and Kingsland ) had
105-778: The family name and homes, including the Schuyler Mansion in Albany. They were closely related with the great family patroons of New York, the Van Cortlandts . Schuyler participated in the military actions of an early French and Indian War in Canada in the 1690s. In 1694, Schuyler traveled into north-western New Jersey to investigate rumors that the French were trying to incite the local Lenape population to attack English colonial settlements. Schuyler found no evidence of such rumors, but discovered
120-521: The first steam engine was manufactured in the United States. The earliest production record is a shipment of 110 casks of copper ore sent to Holland in April, 1721. It had to be exported since the colonists were not allowed to refine any native ore. The yield of ore during the 1720s was about 100 short tons (91,000 kg). Minor amounts of gold and silver were also produced from the copper ore. The mine
135-467: The mine led John Schuyler to order a Newcomen steam engine and pumping equipment from Jonathan Hornblower of Cornwall, England . The equipment arrived in 1753 and was installed by Jonathan's brother Josiah Hornblower . It started operations in 1755 to pump water out of the mine. This Hornblower engine was then used in one of the oldest and deepest, more than 100 feet (30 m), mine shafts in America. It
150-520: The third time, to Maria Walter (1689–1764), the daughter of Robert Walter and Catharine Leisler. They did not have any children. Schuyler died in Belleville, New Jersey , on November 26, 1730. After his death, his widow, Maria Walter, married Archibald Kennedy (1685–1763), with whom she had five children, including Archibald Kennedy (1736–1794), who would eventually marry Schuyler's granddaughter, Katherine. Schuyler's son, Peter Schuyler (1710–1762),
165-488: Was a member of the influential Schuyler family (among the first settlers to New Netherland ). He was a surveyor, Native American trader , miner, merchant, and land speculator. Arent Philipse Schuyler was born on June 25, 1662, in Rensselaerswyck, New York . He was the son of Philip Pieterse Schuyler (1628–1683) and Margarita Van Slichtenhorst (1627–1710) and the younger brother of Pieter Schuyler (1657–1724). He
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#1732851196829180-500: Was later called the Victoria shaft and eventually reached a depth of 347 feet (106 m). In 1773, after the engine house burned for the third time, mining ceased and it remained idle during the revolutionary war. After the war was over, mining could resume, but the mines needed to be cleared of water. Instead of buying steam engines from England, the owners set up a foundry and machine shop in nearby Belleville . Here, starting in 1794,
195-814: Was one of 10 children born to his parents, including Gysbert Schuyler (1652-1664/5), Gertruj Schuyler (b. 1654), who married Stephanus van Cortlandt (1643–1700) (the patroon of Van Cortlandt Manor and a Mayor of New York City from 1677 to 1678 and again from 1686 to 1688), Alida Schuyler (b. 1656), who first married Nicholas van Rensselaer (1636-1678) and then second, Robert Livingston the Elder (1654–1728), Pieter Schuyler (1657–1724), who married Engeltie Van Schaick and Maria Van Rensselaer, Brant Schuyler (1659-1702), who married Cornelia Van Cortlandt, Sybilla Schuyler (b. 1664), Philip Schuyler (b. 1666), Johannes Schuyler (b. 1668), and Margritta Schuyler (b. 1672), who married Jacobus Verplanck. The many Schuyler children established
210-467: Was responsible for the introduction of the first steam engine assembled in the United States. Schuyler Avenue in Kearny and was named for Peter in honor of the early settlers. His grandson, Arent Schuyler DePeyster (1736–1822), was a British military officer. His granddaughter, Katherine Schuyler (1737–1765), married Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Casselis , a Scottish peer who lived in the United States, and
225-456: Was the son of his widow, Maria Walter. Van Cortlandt (disambiguation) (Redirected from Van Cortlandt (disambiguation) ) Van Cortlandt may refer to: Van Cortlandt family , of New York, including a list of people in the family Places [ edit ] Van Cortlandt House Museum , Bronx, New York Van Cortlandt Park , Bronx, New York Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street station ,
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