first off thank you for the info about the washington mine i am interested in 1950's mining were those the only ore/zink mines operationg in the tri state area beside the coal mines way out in pa during that time were there mines in conneticut the hudson valley still runing in the fifties and sixties was that all alan wood owned if so how close to nyc did mining occur during this time mount hope is only 35 miles west of manhatten i find that very facinating would miners come from new york city to mount hope richards scub oaks because they were not to far maybe even to washington also do you plan on adding washington mine to this site. do you have more photos of scub oaks beside's the one's on the site already and any kind of photos/maps of the washington mine that you could post