The fifth volume of a seven volume historical work complementing Dunn's 1995 monograph on the minerals of the district. This is the first thorough documentary study of the area's unique history.

Includes chapters on The NJ Zinc Co. & the NJ Zinc and Iron Co. after 1880; The north half of Mine Hill Farm and the Trotter leases; Pennsylvanian interests in Franklin (August Heckscher, J. P. Wetherill, and the Lehigh Zinc & Iron Co.); and the Travails of Charles W. Trotter and the Great Possession Lawsuit.

Available from the Franklin Mineral Museum and the Sterling Hill Mining Museum for $15, or $75 for the complete 7-volume set (contact those institutions for current shipping charges).