Imagine 30 Feet of These
It's a Long Climb Up to The Mine Entrance
That's the Mine Entrance
Up Close
Leaving the Entrance
Collapsed Mine Entrance
A Flooded Mine Entrance
We both wanted to stop at the Franklin Mineral Museum. We did our schedule backwards the day before and arrived after closing. Today we put the Museum at the head of the list. Franklin is known for having the most fluorescent minerals and the greatest variety of any place on the planet. It even has its own mineral named for it, franklinite. The thirty foot-long exhibit The museum also included a two story replica mine. We're geeks. This was interesting. If you are in the area, it is well worth the visit. It's a great way to have fun and learn something.
After we left the museum, we stayed in the area to visit a waymark at an iron mine entrance. The mine was owned by Thomas Edison. Not one of his financially profitable efforts, but an amazing waymark. I made the tough climb down to the entrance of the mine, but held back from entering the shaft. The angle of the shaft was really steep, and we didn't have a rope to go deeper.
After our little tourist excursion, we returned back to caching in the New Jersey counties.
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