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July 18, 2022
When extracting and refining rock into a usable economic product, there is always a trail of waste or non economic product produced. This waste is known as mine tailings. The […]
June 23, 2022
The dome shape and size of this building indicate it was an explosive storage magazine meaning that high explosives were stored here for the mining industry; however, historical records of […]
June 23, 2022
The collapse of the Joppenbergh mountain mines can be seen from the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail on the Trestle. In the late 1800s, Joppenbergh mountain was mined extensively for […]
July 26, 2018
Back to the interactive map: https://wallkillvalleylt.org/joppenbergh-interactive-map/ Resources https://geokansas.ku.edu/crinoids Geology of the Hudson Valley: A Billion Years of History by Steven Schimmrich
July 18, 2018
Throughout Joppenbergh mountain there are cold air crevasses created as a result of the large mine collapse. They are not stable enough to explore or enter. A cool feature […]