The bulk of the property stretches from the old spur down a hillside to the current railroad tracks.īorough Historian Phil Crabb said that when the mine was operating, that rail spur was part of the Mine Hill railroad that connected several businesses and stretched up onto the hill past the current firehouse. The lot proposed for the tax sale has frontage on Sterling Street and follows an old railroad spur that heads to the north and stops at other former railroad lines that are now owned by the borough. The parcel is not part of the rest of the old mine property, which is owned by Zinctown Properties, but is adjacent to the lot where Franklin House senior apartments now stand. in care of Horsehead Industries, with a Manhattan address, according to Sussex County tax records. The lot is listed as owned by NJ Zinc Co., Inc. FRANKLIN - The Borough Council will be asked to set a special tax sale for a 4.3-acre parcel of land off Sterling Street that was once part of the New Jersey Zinc Mine complex.Ī possible vote on the sale is included on the council's Tuesday meeting agenda for consideration.
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