Lincoln Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USAi

Regional Level Types
Lincoln Mine	Mine
Westmoreland	- not defined -
Cheshire County	County
New Hampshire	State
USA	Country

An old molybdenum mine on the land of "Mr. Lincoln" (1841) in the south part of the town of Westmoreland.

Charles Jackson (1841) described the locality:

"This locality is one of great interest to mineralogists and will be visited by many persons for the sake of the elegant specimens of minerals which have been brought to light by mining operations. The locality is situated four miles South of the North Village meeting house upon the top of an eminence 956 feet above the sea level. The vein is included in mica slate rocks associated with gneiss...The sulphuret of molybdena is associated with a peculiar blue compact felspar and quartz, in which occur enormous crystals of the phosphate of lime a mineral of considerable rarity and highly prized by mineralogists.

On the surface of the sulphuret of molybdena and in cavities in the gangue occurs a bright yellow substance which is supposed to be a peculiar oxide or a sub sulphate of molybdena. It has not yet been analyzed.

On the side of this hill a drift has been cut into the rock with the intention of striking the vein lower down, in hopes of finding ores of copper or of tin, which metals an English miner had led Mr. Lincoln to expect at a lower level. The work was abandoned after excavating a gallery in the rock to the distance of 33 feet without reaching the vein.
...This locality will furnish a most abundant supply of sulphuret of molybdena and should be kept in remembrance since the constant and rapid improvements in the arts may eventually discover some method of rendering it useful. At present it is destined to furnish an abundance of fine specimens for the use of mineralogists and chemists, many of whom will visit the locality."

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